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Hippomenella bituberosa

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Hippoporinidae

Taxonomy
Hippomenella bituberosa was named by Brown (1952). Its type specimen is D. 32498 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hawkes Bay, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Hippomenella bituberosa Brown p. 282 fig. 211

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
RankNameAuthor
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderNeocheilostominad'Hondt 1985
infraorderAscophorina(Levinsen 1909)
familyHippoporinidae
genusHippomenella
speciesbituberosa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calciteo
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2007-09-18 02:46:35
Modified: 2008-02-27 09:01:45
Source: o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Altonian to the top of the Pliocene or 19.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Hippomenella bituberosa (173830)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588New Zealand Hippomenella bituberosa (type locality: 173737 173739 173740 173741)