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Simpliciforma Bitner & Zezina

Description

Genus Simpliciforma Bitner & Zezina gen. nov.

Type species. Simpliciforma profunda Bitner & Zezina gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Very small, smooth brachiopod with long, straight hinge line; beak short, beak ridges sharp; foramen subtriangular, formed by both valves; deltidial plates very narrow, disjunct; inner socket ridges low but thick; dental sockets rounded, relatively deep; cardinal process, septum and brachial skeleton all absent; lophophore trocholophous with long filaments.

Etymology. Referring to the simple morphological characters of the genus.

Notes

Published as part of Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, Melnik, Vjacheslav P. & Zezina, Olga N., 2013, New paedomorphic brachiopods from the abyssal zone of the north-eastern Pacific Ocean, pp. 281-288 in Zootaxa 3613 (3) on page 285, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3613.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/215765

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bitner & Zezina
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Brachiopoda
Order
Terebratulida
Genus
Simpliciforma
Taxon rank
genus