Microporella ordo Brown 1952 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporellidae

Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405

Belongs to Microporella according to D. A. Brown 1952

Sister taxa: Microporella (Ellipsopora), Microporella (Flustramorpha), Microporella (Microporella), Microporella appendiculata, Microporella berningi, Microporella bifoliata, Microporella browni, Microporella cailleti, Microporella ciliata, Microporella coronata, Microporella ferrea, Microporella hyadesi, Microporella inamoena, Microporella inflata, Microporella macropora, Microporella praeciliata, Microporella speculum, Microporella waghotensis

Type specimen: D. 36809. Its type locality is Wanganui, which is in a Castlecliffian marine grainstone in New Zealand.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Wanganui

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