Porella marsupium MacGillivray 1869 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
Alternative combination: Lepralia marsupium
Belongs to Porella according to MacGillivray 1883
Sister taxa: Porella angustata, Porella baculina, Porella concreta, Porella cylindrorostris, Porella dennanti, Porella excavata, Porella flabellaris, Porella otwayensis, Porella rhomboidalis, Porella rogeri, Porella tiorioriensis, Porella tuberosa
Subtaxa: Porella marsupium porifera
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (2)
• Miocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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