Chasmatopora hypnoides Sharpe 1853 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Phylloporinidae

Synonyms: Chasmatopora metzi Nekhoroshev 1936, Chasmatoporella metzi Nekhoroshev 1936

Full reference: D. Sharpe. 1853. Descriptions of the new species of Zoophyta and Mollusca (appendix B to Ribeiro, Carlos, Carboniferous and Silurian formation of the neighborhood of Bussaco in Portugal). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 9(1):143-158

Belongs to Chasmatopora according to A. Jiménez-Sánchez 2009

See also Brood 1981

Sister taxa: Chasmatopora foerstei, Chasmatopora furcata, Chasmatopora reticulata, Chasmatopora tenella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of France (2 collections), Italy (1), Portugal (1), Spain (6)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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