Inversiulidae
Family of bryozoans
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Inversiulidae is a family of bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.
| Inversiulidae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Superfamily: | Adeonoidea |
| Family: | Inversiulidae Vigneaux, 1949 |
| Genera[1] | |
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Description
Colonies are often encrusting sheets on shells or rocks. The zooids are characterised by having an operculum that opens in the opposite way to other cheilostome genera; i.e. the hinge is located at the 'top' (towards the growing edge) of the zooid.[citation needed]
Classification
This family includes the following genera:[1]
- Inversiula Jullien, 1888
- Parainversiula López-Gappa, Ezcurra, Schwaha & Pérez, 2023
