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 damicornis, Conopeum gohelaensis, Conopeum hoockeri, Conopeum lacroixii, Conopeum lamellosum, Conopeum okaiana, Conopeum ornatum, Conopeum reticulum, Conopeum similior, Conopeum stamenocelloides, Conopeum tuberosum, Conopeum wilcoxianum, Conopeum wilsoni
Type specimen: USNM 63879, an other. Its type locality is Vicksburg [Red Bluff Clay], which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Red Bluff Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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