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STROPHOMENIDAE [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Brachiopods of the] Family Strophomenidae [are] concavo-convex to resupinate, rarely geniculate or rugate; [the] apical foramen in adult shells [is] small or (less commonly) closed, [the] shells exceptionally [are] attached by cementation; [a] chilidium [is] well-developed, [a] pseudo-deltidium [is] usually present but exceptionally resorbed in adult shells. [The] teeth [are] simple, dental plates [are] usually present. [The] ventral muscle scar [is] variable in outline; [the] notothyrial platform [is] anchor-shaped, dorsal adductor impressions [are] subcircular to oval transversed by 2 pairs of variable developed ridges (trans-muscle septa); [the] mantle canal systems [are] poorly preserved, but [were] probably saccate in both valves of many genera. "M.Ord.-L.Dev."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[les Brachiopodes de la] Famille des Strophomenidae [ont une] carène entourant le champ musculaire [et un] lophophore spirolophe.

Spanish

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