Conopeum concavum 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 damicornis, Conopeum foliorum, Conopeum gohelaensis, Conopeum hoockeri, Conopeum lacroixii, Conopeum lamellosum, Conopeum okaiana, Conopeum ornatum, Conopeum reticulum, Conopeum similior, Conopeum stamenocelloides, Conopeum tuberosum, Conopeum wilcoxianum, Conopeum wilsoni

Type specimen: USNM 63879, an other. Its type locality is Vicksburg [Red Bluff Clay], which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Red Bluff Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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