Hippothoa (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippothoidae
Parent taxon: Hippothoidae according to P. Bock 2006
See also Bassler 1953, Brown 1952, Schmidt 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Celleporella, Dacryoporella, Diplotresis, Haplopoma, Harmeria, Kunradina, Stictostega
Subtaxa: Hippothoa distans Hippothoa hyalina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), New Zealand (3), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (3)
• Miocene of India (1), New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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