Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Cellariidae
Full reference: D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor. 2015. Bryozoa of the Early Eocene Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, New Zealand. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-88
Belongs to Cellaria according to D. P. Gordon and P. D. Taylor 2015
Sister taxa: Cellaria adamantina, Cellaria attenuata, Cellaria australis, Cellaria biaperta, Cellaria bicornis, Cellaria bicuspidata, Cellaria contigua, Cellaria cucullata, Cellaria dennanti, Cellaria depressa, Cellaria elementaria, Cellaria enormis, Cellaria fistulosa, Cellaria grandis, Cellaria immersa, Cellaria inarticulata, Cellaria melillensis, Cellaria minus, Cellaria mitrata, Cellaria myaringensis, Cellaria orbicularia, Cellaria palatum, Cellaria perampla, Cellaria perexigua, Cellaria pilosa, Cellaria rigida, Cellaria robusta, Cellaria setigera, Cellaria stachi, Cellaria tenuirostris, Cellaria tumida, Cellaria variabilis, Cellaria veteripontis, Melicerita angustiloba
Type specimen: IGNS BZ284. Its type locality is Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island, which is in an Eocene transition zone/lower shoreface tuff in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tumaio Limestone, Chatham Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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