Vincularia gigantea Canu and Bassler 1935 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Vinculariidae

Full reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1935. New species of Tertiary Cheilostome Bryozoa from Victoria, Australia. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 93(9):1-54

Belongs to Vincularia according to D. A. Brown 1958

Sister taxa: Vincularia anceps, Vincularia berningi, Vincularia manchanui, Vincularia megastoma, Vincularia ramwaraensis, Vincularia semarai, Vincularia tjaki

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 85905.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (5 collections)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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