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Kassinina
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kassinina MANDELSTAM, 1960 [pro Kassinia Mandelstam, 1956 (non Khabakov, 1937)]
Type Species:
Kassinia kassini MANDELSTAM, 1956
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Fig. 155, 6. *K. kassini (Mandelstam), 6a,b, LV lat., int., X30 (50)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Asia (Kazakhstan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
26.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Oligo.
Ending International Stage:
Chattian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
33
Ending Date:
25.88
Description
Carapace elongated-oval, kidney-like, LV overlapping RV, anterior end lower and more inclined than posterior; dorsal margin convex, ventral margin straight to slightly concave; inner lamellae moderately developed at ends of valves; surface densely tuberculate, presenting a shagreen appearance, LV hinge a groove open at ends for reception of sharpened edge of RV.
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Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Kassinina MANDELSTAM, 1960 [pro Kassinia Mandelstam, 1956 (non Khabakov, 1937)]
Type Species:
Kassinia kassini MANDELSTAM, 1956
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 155, 6. *K. kassini (Mandelstam), 6a,b, LV lat., int., X30 (50)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
SW.Asia (Kazakhstan)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
66
Beginning Date:
26.73
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Oligo.
Ending International Stage:
Chattian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
33
Ending Date:
25.88
Description
Carapace elongated-oval, kidney-like, LV overlapping RV, anterior end lower and more inclined than posterior; dorsal margin convex, ventral margin straight to slightly concave; inner lamellae moderately developed at ends of valves; surface densely tuberculate, presenting a shagreen appearance, LV hinge a groove open at ends for reception of sharpened edge of RV.