Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bitectiporidae
Full reference: D. P. Gordon, I. G. Stuart, and J. D. Collen. 1994. Bryozoan fauna of the Kaipuke Siltstone, northwest Nelson: a Miocene homologue of the modern Tasman Bay coralline bryozoan grounds. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 37(3):239-247
Belongs to Hippoporina according to D. P. Gordon et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Hippoporina burlingtoniensis, Hippoporina canui, Hippoporina elongata, Hippoporina incomposita, Hippoporina longidens, Hippoporina odontostoma, Hippoporina oricelata, Hippoporina pertusa, Hippoporina praetexta, Hippoporina sinus, Hippoporina vespertilio, Hippoporina waipukurensis
Type specimen: H-598 (a single colony fragment). Its type locality is Kaipuke Siltstone/Anatori River mouth, which is in an Otaian transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone in the Kaipuke Siltstone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kaipuke Siltstone/Anatori River mouth
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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