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Limnocypridea

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Podocopida
    Suborder:  
Podocopina
    Superfamily:  
Cypridacea
    Family:  
Eucandonidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Limnocypridea LYUBIMOVA, 1956
    Type Species:  
L. abscondida


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Fig. 174,1. *L. abscondida, SE.Mongolia; 1a-c, carapace L, R, dors., X13; 1d,e, LV int., RV int., XI7 (231)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

NE.Asia


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Cret.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Berriasian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
143.1
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Cret.
    Ending International Stage:  
Albian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
100.5


Description

Shell large, (1.2 to 1.8 mm.), thick-walled, irregularly oval or trapezoidal, with rounded cardinal angles, posterior more obtuse, maximum curvature or margin at posteroventral side of valves; LV larger than RV, overlapping it around entire periphery but chiefly along dorsal and ventral margins, dorsal overlap very strong in some species; ends nearly equal in height, both truncated above, rounded and slightly extended below; dorsal margin straight; ventral margin concave medially; RV hinge an elevated rounded ridge that widens terminally and extends a short distance down dorsal slopes; LV with corresponding groove. Surface reticulate and tuberculate on ventral part or smooth. Pore-canal zone wide, well developed terminally and ventrally; canals straight or slightly curved; inner lamellae broadest terminally. [Fresh-water.]




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