†Menipea Lamouroux 1812 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Scrupocellariidae
Parent taxon: Scrupocellariidae according to A. H. Cheetham 1972
See also Bassler 1953 and Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Amastigia, Bugulopsis, Cabereopsis, Craspedozoum, Hoplitella, Jubella, Maplestonia, Monartron, Notoplites, Plicopora, Rhabdozoum, Tricellaria
Subtaxa: Menipea biaviculata Menipea innocua Menipea retroversa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Tonga (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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