Calpensia (bryozoan)

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Parent taxon: Microporidae according to P. Bock 2006

See also Bassler 1953, Pouyet 2000 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Andreella, Caleschara, Cupularia, Dimorphostylus, Floridinella, Gargantua, Homalostega, Micropora, Microporina, Mollia, Monsella, Nematoporella, Poropeltarion, Puncturiella, Rimosocella, Rosseliana, Selenaria, Selenariopsis, Steraechmella, Vibracella

Subtaxa: Calpensia nobilis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (3)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Spain (1)

• Miocene of Algeria (2), Colombia (1), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (1), Hungary (1), Malta (4), Morocco (1), Portugal (2), Romania (1), Spain (3)

• Oligocene of Oman (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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