Smittinidae LEVINSEN, 1909

ZÁGORŠEK, KAMIL, 2010, BRYOZOA FROM THE LANGHIAN (MIOCENE) OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC PART II: SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBORDER ASCOPHORA LEVINSEN, 1909 AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STUDIED PALEOENVIRONMENT, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 66 (3 - 4), pp. 139-255 : 139-255

Family Smittinidae LEVINSEN, 1909 Genus Smittina NORMAN, 1903

Colony erect or encrusting. Autozooecia with a perforate frontal wall. Aperture circular with lyrula and condyles, usually also a peristome. Oral spines may be present. Avicularia suboral, median and characteristically enclosed in the peristome. Adventitious avicularia may also occasionally be present. Ovicell deeply immersed with frontal pores.