Fistulipora M'Coy, 1849

Ernst, Andrej, Fernández, Luis Pedro, Fernández-Martínez, Esperanza & Vera, Carmen, 2012, Description of a bryozoan fauna from mud mounds of the Lebanza Formation (Lower Devonian) in the Arauz area (Pisuerga-Carrión Province, Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain), Geodiversitas 34 (4), pp. 693-738 : 704

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/g2012n4a1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5465724
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scientific name	Fistulipora M'Coy, 1849
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Genus Fistulipora M'Coy, 1849 View in CoL

TYPE SPECIES. — Fistulipora minor M’Coy,1849 [ Calamopora incrustans Phillips, 1836 ], by subsequent designation (Milne Edwards & Haime 1850). LowerCarboniferous; England.

DIAGNOSIS. — Massive, encrusting, or branched colonies. Cylindrical autozooecia with thin walls and complete diaphragms. Apertures rounded, with horseshoe-shaped lunaria. Autozooecia separated by extrazooidal vesicular skeleton. Maculae often developed.

OCCURRENCE. — Ordovician to Permian; worldwide.

COMPARISON

Fistulipora M’Coy,1849 View in CoL differs from Eridopora Ulrich, 1882 View in CoL in having rounded, horseshoe-shaped rather than triangular lunaria. Furthermore, Eridopora View in CoL develops persistently encrusting colonies, whereas Fistulipora View in CoL may also develop massive and branched colonies.