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Maternella
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Myodocopida
Suborder:
Myodocopina
Superfamily:
Entomozoacea?
Family:
Entomozoidae
Subfamily:
Richterininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Maternella RABIEN, 1954
Type Species:
Richterina (?) costata (Richter) var. dichotoma PAEKELMANN, 1913
Images
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Fig. 314,1. *M. dichtoma (RABIEN), U.Dev., Ger.; 1a, LV (external impression); 1b, RV (external impression); 1c-e, (steinkern), LV lat., tlors., post.; all X30 (292).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Like Richterina but subcircular and slightly asymmetrical, with anterior margin more sharply curved than posterior, in dorsal view anterior slope less
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Myodocopida
Suborder:
Myodocopina
Superfamily:
Entomozoacea?
Family:
Entomozoidae
Subfamily:
Richterininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Maternella RABIEN, 1954
Type Species:
Richterina (?) costata (Richter) var. dichotoma PAEKELMANN, 1913
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 314,1. *M. dichtoma (RABIEN), U.Dev., Ger.; 1a, LV (external impression); 1b, RV (external impression); 1c-e, (steinkern), LV lat., tlors., post.; all X30 (292).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Beginning International Stage:
Lochkovian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
419
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Dev.
Ending International Stage:
Famennian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
359.3
Description
Like Richterina but subcircular and slightly asymmetrical, with anterior margin more sharply curved than posterior, in dorsal view anterior slope less