Hexagonella densa Crockford 1944 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Full reference: J. Crockford. 1944. Bryozoa from the Permian of Western Australia Part I: Cyclostomata and Cryptostomata from the north-west basin and Kimberley district. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 69:139-175

Belongs to Hexagonella according to R. E. Wass 1967

Sister taxa: Hexagonella australe, Hexagonella bifida, Hexagonella dendroidea, Hexagonella faceta, Hexagonella khaophrikensis, Hexagonella kobayashii, Hexagonella laevigata, Hexagonella lineata, Hexagonella miranda, Hexagonella nalbia, Hexagonella nebulosa, Hexagonella petschorica, Hexagonella plana, Hexagonella ramosa, Hexagonella recta, Hexagonella robusta, Hexagonella tortuosa, Hexagonella undulata

Type specimen: UWA 22131. Its type locality is South of Barrabiddy Dam, Wandagee Station, which is in a Kungurian marine mudstone in the Bulgadoo Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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