Rhombopora optima Gorjunova 1975 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae

Full reference: R. V. Gorjunova. 1975. Permian Bryozoans of the Pamirs. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 148:1-127

Belongs to Rhombopora according to R. V. Gorjunova 1975

Sister taxa: Rhombopora annulus, Rhombopora bifurcata, Rhombopora communis, Rhombopora corticata, Rhombopora cylindrica, Rhombopora esthoniae, Rhombopora filiformis, Rhombopora granulata, Rhombopora gratiosa, Rhombopora hexagona, Rhombopora hindei, Rhombopora johnsvalleyensis, Rhombopora kawabei, Rhombopora lepidodendroides, Rhombopora multigranulata, Rhombopora nitidula, Rhombopora ornata, Rhombopora permiana, Rhombopora picchuensis, Rhombopora polyporata, Rhombopora subtilis, Rhombopora tenuis, Rhombopora yanbianensis

Type specimen: PIN 2351/414. Its type locality is Chon-Su River, Central Pamirs, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Kalaktash Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chon-Su River, Central Pamirs

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