Patinella Gray, 1848

Type species: Madrepora verrucaria Linnaeus, 1758

The long-forgotten genus Patinella includes most Recent species of adnate lichenoporids formerly included in Lichenopora . It appears to be largely Northern Hemisphere in distribution.

This genus includes the species:

Patinella verrucaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Recent Europe
Patinella radiata (Audouin, 1826) Recent Europe

Reference: Taylor, P.D. & Gordon, D.P. 2001. New Zealand Recent Densiporidae and Lichenoporidae (Bryozoa: Cyclostomata). Species diversity 6: 243-290.

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Patinella radiata
Thanks to Wolfgang Seifarth for photos
 

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