Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Phidoloporidae
Full reference: D. A. Brown. 1952. The Tertiary Cheilostomatous Polyzoa of New Zealand. 1-405
Belongs to Retepora according to D. A. Brown 1952
Sister taxa: Reteporella cellulosa, Reteporella doverensis, Reteporella granti, Reteporella mediocris, Reteporella quadripora, Reteporella rimata, Sertella mucronata, Sertella dovedalensis, Sertella granulata, Sertella fissa, Sertella nangeelaensis, Sertella porcellana, Retepora tridentata, Retepora fenestrata, Retepora marsupiata, Retepora lepida, Retepora incisura, Retepora monilifera, Retepora avicularis, Retepora flexuosa, Retepora dartmoorensis
Type specimen: D. 36860. Its type locality is North Canterbury, which is in an Altonian marine limestone in the Mt Brown "E" Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North Canterbury
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