Hexagonella australe Bretnall 1926 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Alternative combination: Coscinium australe

Full reference: R. W. Bretnall. 1926. Descriptions of some Western Australian fossil Polyzoa. Bulletin of Western Australia Geological Survey 88:7-33

Belongs to Hexagonella according to J. Crockford 1944

See also Bretnall 1926

Sister taxa: Hexagonella bifida, Hexagonella dendroidea, Hexagonella densa, 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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Fossil Hill, Wyndham River, Bidgemia Station (Permian of Australia)

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