Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae
Full reference: M. H. Dick, T. Komatsu, R. Takashima and A. N. Ostrovsky. 2014. A mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) shell-rubble bryozoan fauna from the Goshoura Group, Kyushu, Japan. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12:401-425
Belongs to Charixa according to M. H. Dick et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Charixa cryptocauda, Charixa lhuydi, Charixa lindiensis, Charixa vennensis
Type specimen: NMNS-PA16867. Its type locality is Goshoura Island (Loc.1521), which is in an Albian shoreface sandstone in the Enokuchi Formation of Japan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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