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Zonocypris
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Podocopida
Suborder:
Podocopina
Superfamily:
Cypridacea
Family:
Cyprididae
Subfamily:
Cypridinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Zonocypris G.W.MÜLLER, 1898
Type Species:
Z. madagascarensis
Images
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Fig. 163,5. *Z. madagascarensis, 5a,b, carapace L , dors., X80, 5c, RV int., X80 (256).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Similar to Paracypretta but valves only slightly unequal, LV larger than RV; surface concentrically striated; sexes separate. [Fresh-water.]
References
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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:
Zonocypris G.W.MÜLLER, 1898
Type Species:
Z. madagascarensis
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 163,5. *Z. madagascarensis, 5a,b, carapace L , dors., X80, 5c, RV int., X80 (256).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Similar to Paracypretta but valves only slightly unequal, LV larger than RV; surface concentrically striated; sexes separate. [Fresh-water.]