†Chiastosella gibbera Canu and Bassler 1935 (bryozoan)
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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 grandicella, Chiastosella granulata, Chiastosella lamellata, Chiastosella parviporosa, Chiastosella porosa, Chiastosella watersi
Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 85629.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bairnsdale (Oligocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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