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Stenolaemata (Stenolaemates)

      Stenolaemata are a class of marine bryozoans with tubular zooids with strongly calcified walls. They are characterized by a lophophore which is protruded by the action of annular muscles. Most forms lack an operculum. The fossil Batostoma genus (member of order Trepostomatida) existed in monticular colonies. Stenolaemata were the predominant bryozoan group during the Paleozoic. Some grew as lacy or fan-like colonies that became important reef builders and in some regions form an abundant component of limestones. Their numbers were greatly reduced during the terminal Permian extinction event, but a single order, the Cyclostomatida, survives today.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenolaemata
Batostoma KP885
Batostoma KP699
Batostoma YA366
Batostoma p1908
Batostoma KP698
Batostoma VH5130
Batostoma KP901
Batostoma YA279
Batostoma KP903
Batostoma YA297
Berenicea veteraMergl (1983), Pl. III, fig. 1 MM139
Berenicea veteraMergl (1983), Pl. III, fig. 4, 5 MM140
Berenicea veteraMergl (1983), Pl. III, fig. 3 MM138
Diplotrypa petropolitana XA90
Fenestella bohemica JH282
Fenestella bohemica JH297
Fenestella exilis JH301
Fenestella exilis JH290
Fenestella gracilis YA81
Fenestella YA58

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