Bactridium Reuss 1848 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Escharinidae

WoRMS claims extinct

Synonym: Hippozeugosella

Parent taxon: Escharinidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bryopesanser, Chiastosella, Dightonia, Escharina, Herentia, Mastigophorinae, Phaeostachys, Schizobathysella, Schizocoryne, Therenia

Subtaxa: Bactridium ellipticum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Egypt (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Spain (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (1), Czechia (4), Egypt (1), Hungary (1), Morocco (2), Romania (1)

• Eocene of United States (9: Alabama, Florida, Mississippi)

Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences

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