Hemitrypa sexangula Lonsdale 1844 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae

Full reference: W. Lonsdale. 1844. Description of six species of corals from the Palaeozoic formation of Van Diemen's Land. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle 161-169

Belongs to Hemitrypa according to W. Lonsdale 1844

Sister taxon: Hemitrypa punjabensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline), which is in a Sakmarian marine siltstone/limestone in the Bundella Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Southern Van Diemen's Land (Porter Hill shoreline)

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