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Richteria

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Myodocopida
    Suborder:  
Myodocopina
    Superfamily:  
Entomozoacea?
    Family:  
Entomozoidae
    Subfamily:  
Entomozoinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Richteria JONES, 1874
    Type Species:  
Cypridina servatostriata Sandberger, 1842, SD KEGEL, 1933


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Fig. 312,1. *R. serratostriata (Sandberger), U.Dev., Ger., RV lat., X30 (244). -- Fig. 313,1. R. lamarmorai (CaNavari), Sil., Sardinia, la-e, carapace R, L, dors., vent., post., X15 (119)


Synonyms

Entominella


Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Sil.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Rhuddanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
443.07
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Changhsingian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
251.9


Description

Carapace oblong, with nuchal furrow extending downwards more than halfway. Dorsal margin nearly straight, cardinal angles curved. Surface ornamented with striations which are usually longitudinal or concentric. With or without small anterodorsal tubercle.




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