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Inversiulidae

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Inversiulidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Cheilostomatida
Superfamily: Adeonoidea
Family: Inversiulidae
Vigneaux, 1949
Genera[1]

Inversiulidae is a family of bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.

Description

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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

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This family includes the following genera:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Bock P (ed.). "Inversiulidae Vigneaux, 1949". World list of Bryozoa. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 June 2025.