Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D56CE466-9500-487C-A5F4-2C936F553440 Derivation of name. The species is dedicated to Alicia Etel Rico, in recognition of her studies on the benthic fauna of Comodoro Rivadavia harbour, and for her years of teaching at Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco.
Full reference: D. Iturra, J. Lopez-Gappa, and L. M. Perez. 2025. First fossil record of Stephanollona(Bryozoa: Cheilostomatida) in the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina). Ameghiniana 62(3):197-204
Belongs to Stephanollona according to D. Iturra et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPEF-PI 7192, a shell (one colony on a shell). Its type locality is Cerro Antena, near Comodoro Ricadavia, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Chenque Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cerro Antena, near Comodoro Ricadavia
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