Conopeum

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Conopeum is a genus of marine and brackish water bryozoans belonging to the family Electridae.^[2][3] The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.^[3]

Conopeum Temporal range: Albian–present, 105.3–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Conopeum reticulum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Electridae
Genus:	Conopeum Gray, 1848

Species

There are 19 extant species:^[2]

• Conopeum aciculatum (MacGillivray, 1891)
• Conopeum antipodum Gordon, Sutherland, Perez, Waeschenbach, Taylor & Di Martino, 2020
• Conopeum chesapeakensis (Banta, Perez & Santagata, 1995)
• Conopeum commensale Kirkpatrick & Metzelaar, 1922
• Conopeum eriophorum (Lamouroux, 1816)
• Conopeum fluviatilis (Canu, 1928)
• Conopeum grimmi Gontar & Tarasov, 2009
• Conopeum lacroixii (Audouin, 1826)
• Conopeum loki Almeida, Souza & Vieira, 2017
• Conopeum nakanosum Grischenko, Dick & Mawatari, 2007
• Conopeum osburni Soule, Soule & Chaney, 1995
• Conopeum papillorum Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001
• Conopeum reticulum (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Conopeum seurati (Canu, 1928)
• Conopeum spiculata (Canu, 1928)
• Conopeum tenuissimum (Canu, 1908)
• Conopeum ponticum Hayward, 2001
• Conopeum truitti Osburn, 1944
• Conopeum vivianii Moyano, 1991

In addition, there is a large number of species known only from the fossil record.^[1][2]