Biflustra d'Orbigny 1852 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae

Parent taxon: Membraniporidae according to L. M. Viera et al. 2016

See also Bassler 1953, Berning 2006, Brown 1956, Brown 1958, Gordon 2012, Guha 2013, Pouyet 2000, Schmidt 2003, Sepkoski 2002, Wienrich 1999, Zagorsek and Gordon 2013 and Zágoršek and Kroh 2003

Sister taxa: Acanthodesia, Jellyella, Membranipora, Nitscheina, Pseudostege, Tamanicella

Subtaxa: Biflustra delta Biflustra orbicularis Biflustra regularis Biflustra savartii Biflustra teres

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Panama (6), Portugal (1), Spain (3)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5)

• Miocene of France (1), Germany (3), India (1), Panama (2), Romania (1), Spain (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (5)

• Oligocene of Germany (2)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), France (1)

Total: 36 collections including 39 occurrences

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