Arthropoma torquis Brown 1958 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Lacernidae

Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1958. Fossil cheilostomatous polyzoa from south-west Victoria. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria (20)

Belongs to Arthropoma according to D. A. Brown 1958

Sister taxa: Arthropoma ciliata, Arthropoma circinata, Arthropoma latigastra, Arthropoma renipora

Type specimen: MGSV, 53040. Its type locality is Glenaulin, sample XVI, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine claystone in the Glenaulin clay Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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