Malacostegina

Malacostegina is a sub-order of marine, colonial bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida.^[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).

Malacostegina Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Electra posidoniae on Posidonia oceanica, Sardinia, Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Suborder:	Malacostegina Levinsen, 1902

The genus Christinella is currently incertae sedis within the Malacostegina.^[2]