Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405
Belongs to Schizoporella according to D. A. Brown 1952
Sister taxa: Schizoporella arcana, Schizoporella baini, Schizoporella butleri, Schizoporella clypeata, Schizoporella cumulata, Schizoporella doverensis, Schizoporella dunkeri, Schizoporella filiformis, Schizoporella geminipora, Schizoporella informata, Schizoporella latisinuata, Schizoporella longirostris, Schizoporella ludbrookae, Schizoporella macgillivrayi, Schizoporella magnifica, Schizoporella mcbeanensis, Schizoporella orbiculifera, Schizoporella oviseparata, Schizoporella parvisinuata, Schizoporella pustulosa, Schizoporella roberti, Schizoporella scissa, Schizoporella sinudentata, Schizoporella sowerbyi, Schizoporella spectabilis, Schizoporella submersa, Schizoporella subquadrata, Schizoporella suffugium, Schizoporella tenuilamellosa, Schizoporella tetragona, Schizoporella unicornis, Stephanosella sexspinosa
Type specimen: D. 36802. Its type locality is Tarakohe Quarry, which is in an Oligocene marine marl in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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