Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
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 Membranipora according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1935
Sister taxa: Membranipora ancarteri, Membranipora bifoliata, Membranipora caminosa, Membranipora crespinae, Membranipora deborahae, Membranipora fistula, Membranipora fossulifera, Membranipora germana, Membranipora longipes, Membranipora nitidula, Membranipora oblongula, Membranipora parvula, Membranipora pegma, Membranipora striata, Membranipora tenuis, Membraniporina canalifera, Membraniporina sinesolum, Membraniporina rimulata
Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 60153.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Aire Coastal beds (Oligocene of Australia)
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