Schizoporella clypeata 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 Schizoporella according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1935

Sister taxa: Schizoporella arcana, Schizoporella baini, Schizoporella butleri, Schizoporella cumulata, Schizoporella doverensis, Schizoporella dunkeri, Schizoporella filiformis, Schizoporella geminipora, Schizoporella glebosa, 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

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 85855.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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