Electra Lamouroux 1816 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Parent taxon: Electridae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Canu and Bassler 1920, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Electra monostachys Electra ongleyi Electra parvimater Electra pilosa

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (3 collections), New Zealand (1), United States (11: Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), New Zealand (3), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Morocco (1), Spain (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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