Conopeum similior Canu and Bassler 1920 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Full reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. Smithsonian Institute Bulletin 106:1-843

Belongs to Conopeum according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1920

Sister taxa: Conopeum arborescens, Conopeum commensale, Conopeum concavum, Conopeum damicornis, Conopeum foliorum, Conopeum gohelaensis, Conopeum hoockeri, Conopeum lacroixii, Conopeum lamellosum, Conopeum okaiana, Conopeum ornatum, Conopeum reticulum, Conopeum stamenocelloides, Conopeum tuberosum, Conopeum wilcoxianum, Conopeum wilsoni

Type specimen: USNM 63832, an other. Its type locality is Woods Bluff, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone in Alabama.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Woods Bluff

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