Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)
Belongs to Membranipora according to D. A. Brown 1958
Sister taxa: Membranipora ancarteri, Membranipora areolata, Membranipora bifoliata, Membranipora caminosa, Membranipora crespinae, Membranipora deborahae, Membranipora fistula, Membranipora fossulifera, Membranipora germana, Membranipora longipes, Membranipora nitidula, Membranipora oblongula, Membranipora parvula, Membranipora striata, Membranipora tenuis, Membranipora tuberculata, Membraniporina sinesolum, Membraniporina rimulata, Membraniporina canalifera
Type specimen: MGSV, 52996. Its type locality is Wataepoolan limestone, which is in a Miocene/Oligocene marine limestone in Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Wataepoolan limestone
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