Biology:Leptotrypa

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Short description: Extinct genus of Bryozoans

Leptotrypa
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: Trepostomida
Family: Atactotoechidae
Genus: Leptotrypa
Ulrich, 1883

Leptotrypa is an extinct genus of bryozoans of the family Atactotoechidae that formed unifoliate encrusting colonies, growing on surfaces like the shells of brachiopods.[1]

References

  1. Tolokonnikova, Z.A.; Pakhnevich, A.B. (2019). "Bryozoans and Brachiopods from the Famennian (Upper Devonian) of the Central Russian Platform". Paleontological Journal 53: 44-51. doi:10.1134/S0031030119010106. 

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