Defrancia azzarolae Stoppani 1865 (bryozoan)

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Fasciculiporidae

Full reference: A. Stoppani. 1865. Géologie et paléontologie des couches à Avicula contorta en Lombardie. Paleontologie Lombarde 3:1-267

Belongs to Defrancia according to A. Stoppani 1865

Sister taxon: Apsendesia neocomiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Azzarola, Central Lombardy, Italy, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Calcare di Zu Formation of Italy

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Azzarola, Central Lombardy, Italy

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