Conopeum Gray 1848 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Parent taxon: Electridae according to S. S. Brezina et al. 2021

See also Bassler 1953, Bock 2006, Bohm 1926, Brown 1958, Di Martino and Taylor 2013, Gordon and Taylor 2015, Guha 2013, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Conopeum arborescens Conopeum concavum Conopeum damicornis Conopeum gohelaensis Conopeum hoockeri Conopeum lacroixii Conopeum lamellosum Conopeum okaiana Conopeum ornatum Conopeum reticulum Conopeum similior Conopeum stamenocelloides Conopeum tuberosum Conopeum wilcoxianum Conopeum wilsoni

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (3: California, Maryland)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of India (2), Spain (2), United States (2: California)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Namibia (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (5: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), United States (10: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Texas)

• Cretaceous of United States (10: New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 44 collections including 56 occurrences

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