Membraniporina canalifera Canu and Bassler 1920 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae

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

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

Sister taxa: Membranipora ancarteri, Membranipora areolata, Membranipora bifoliata, Membranipora caminosa, Membranipora crespinae, Membranipora deborahae, Membranipora fistula, Membranipora fossulifera, Membranipora germana, Membranipora longipes, Membranipora nitidula, Membranipora oblongula, Membranipora parvula, Membranipora pegma, Membranipora striata, Membranipora tenuis, Membraniporina sinesolum, Membraniporina rimulata

Type specimen: USNM 36790, an other

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Membraniporina canalifera in the database

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