Inversiulidae is a family of

bryozoa Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic animal, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary Colony (biology), colonies. Typically about long, they have a spe ...

ns in the order

Cheilostomatida Cheilostomatida, also called Cheilostomata, is an order of Bryozoa in the class Gymnolaemata. They are exclusively marine, colonial invertebrate animals. Cheilostome colonies are composed of calcium carbonate and grow on a variety of surfaces, ...

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.

Classification

This family includes the following genera: *'' Inversiula'' Jullien, 1888 *'' Parainversiula'' López-Gappa, Ezcurra, Schwaha & Pérez, 2023

References

Cheilostomatida Bryozoan families Extant Oligocene first appearances Taxa described in 1949 {{bryozoan-stub