Malacostegina

Malacostegina Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomata
Suborder:	Malacostegina Levinsen, 1902
Families
Corynostylidae Electridae Membraniporidae Wawaliidae

Malacostegina is a sub-order of marine, colonial bryozoans in the order Cheilostomata.^[1] The structure of the individual zooids is generally simple, with an uncalcified, flexible frontal wall. This sub-order includes the earliest known cheilostome, in the genus Pyriporopsis (Electridae).

The genus Christinella is currently incertae sedis within the Malacostegina.

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