Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405
Belongs to Membranipora according to D. A. Brown 1952
Sister taxa: Membranipora ancarteri, Membranipora areolata, Membranipora bifoliata, Membranipora caminosa, Membranipora crespinae, Membranipora fistula, Membranipora fossulifera, Membranipora germana, Membranipora longipes, Membranipora nitidula, Membranipora oblongula, Membranipora parvula, Membranipora pegma, Membranipora striata, Membranipora tenuis, Membraniporina rimulata, Membraniporina canalifera, Membraniporina sinesolum
Type specimen: D. 36531. Its type locality is MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru, which is in a Runangan marine limestone in the Ototara Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at MacDonald's Quarry, Oamaru
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