†Porella tuberosa Canu and Bassler 1935 (bryozoan)
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Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Bryocryptellidae
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 Porella according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1935
Sister taxa: Porella angustata, Porella baculina, Porella concreta, Porella cylindrorostris, Porella dennanti, Porella excavata, Porella flabellaris, Porella marsupium, Porella otwayensis, Porella rhomboidalis, Porella rogeri, Porella tiorioriensis
Type specimen: U.S.N.M. no. 85843.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Muddy Creek (Miocene of Australia)
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