Charixa (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Parent taxon: Electridae according to M. H. Dick et al. 2014

See also Bassler 1953, Sepkoski 2002, Taylor 1986 and Taylor 2010

Sister taxa: Aspidelectra, Conopeum, Craspedopora, Electra, Haplostoechios, Herpetopora, Heterooecium, Mystriopora, Pyripora, Spinicharixa, Taphrostoma, Tendra, Tretosina

Subtaxa: Charixa cryptocauda Charixa goshouraensis Charixa lhuydi Charixa lindiensis Charixa vennensis

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Type: Charixa vennensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Japan (2), South Africa (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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