Conopeum concavum 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 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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