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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
Images
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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.
References
Museum or Author Information
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
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
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.

