Conopeum similior Canu and Bassler 1920 (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Electridae

Full reference: F. Canu and R. S. Bassler. 1920. North American early Tertiary Bryozoa. Smithsonian Institute Bulletin 106:1-843

Belongs to Conopeum according to F. Canu and R. S. Bassler 1920

Sister taxa: Conopeum arborescens, Conopeum concavum, Conopeum damicornis, Conopeum gohelaensis, Conopeum hoockeri, Conopeum lacroixii, Conopeum lamellosum, Conopeum okaiana, Conopeum ornatum, Conopeum reticulum, Conopeum stamenocelloides, Conopeum tuberosum, Conopeum wilcoxianum, Conopeum wilsoni

Type specimen: USNM 63832, an other. Its type locality is Woods Bluff, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone in Alabama.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Woods Bluff

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