Chiastosella porosa Canu and Bassler 1935 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae

Full reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1935. New species of Tertiary Cheilostome Bryozoa from Victoria, Australia. Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 93(9):1-54

Belongs to Chiastosella according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1935

Sister taxa: Chiastosella conservata, Chiastosella daedala, Chiastosella diagonalis, Chiastosella gibbera, Chiastosella grandicella, Chiastosella granulata, Chiastosella lamellata, Chiastosella parviporosa, Chiastosella watersi

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 85632.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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