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Candoniella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Eucandonidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Candoniella SCHNEIDER, 1956
    Type Species:  
C. suzini


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Fig. 172,3. CC. suzini, USSR; 3a,b, RV lat., int.; 3c, LV int.; X46 (50). [REYMENT.]


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Description

[Status questionable, may =Paracandona; not to be confused with Candonella CLAUS, 1891 (=Cypridopsis)]. Carapace thin-walleo, elongate oval in lateral view, height small in relation to length; LV larger than RV, anterior ana posterior margin well rounoeo; oorsal margin straight, ventral margin convex. Surface smooth or ornamenteo with tiny punctae. Zone of concrescence narrow, numerous straight pore canals, vestibule in anterior parl; RV hinge with sharp, straight eoge; musclescar patterns typical of the family Cypridioae. [Fresh-water.]




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