Conescharellina conica Haswell, 1881

Bock, Philip E. & Cook, Patricia L., 2004, A review of Australian Conescharellinidae (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61 (2), pp. 135-182 : 146

Conescharellina conica Haswell, 1881

Conescharellina conica Haswell, 1881: 43 , pl. 3 figs 7, 8.? Lunulites incisa Hincks, 1881: 68 (sep. p. 127), pl. 4 figs 1–3.

Description. Colony conical, distinctly higher than wide. Zooid orifices apparently in radial rows, peristome raised laterally. Primary orifice elongated, with a minute sinus. Avicularia large, in raised rows, mandibles acute, orientated laterodistally, in both directions; bar with well developed ligula.

Remarks. Haswell’s material was from Holborn Island, Queensland, from 37 m, and Hincks’ specimens were from Bass Strait (from less than 73 m) but their illustrations of the primary orifices and avicularia appear to be closely similar. Haswell’s figure, however, does not illustrate the primary orifice, as the antapical side is uppermost. Hincks’ figure has a reversed orientation and the apparent similarity in orifice shape is accidental. Hincks (1892: 331, sep. p. 194), however, regard- ed his species as synonymous with C. conica Whitelegge (1887) . Livingstone (1924) placed both species in the synonymy of Conescharellina angulopora , see above. Without examination of type material, the relationships of these three nominal taxa remains uncertain.