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).
The genus Christinella is currently incertae sedis within the Malacostegina.
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