Opaeophora Brown 1948 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Synonym: Foraminella Levinsen 1909 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Microporidae according to D. P. Gordon 2012

See also Bassler 1953 and Brown 1952

Sister taxa: Andreella, Apiophragma, Calpensia, Cianotremella, Dimorphostylus, Escharipora, Gargantua, Manzonella, Micropora, Microporina, Mollia, Monsella, Monsellinae, Nematoporella, Poropeltarion, Promicropora, Puncturiella, Puncturiellina, Rectimicropora, Reptescharinella, Reussinella, Rimosocella, Scriblitopora, Steraechmella, Stictostega, Verminaria

Subtaxa: Opaeophora lepida

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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