Entomozoidae Přibyl, 1951

Legiot, Nicolas, 2019, Silurian myodocope ostracods from Poland, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (2), pp. 379-397 : 385

Family Entomozoidae Přibyl, 1951

Emended diagnosis.—“Entomozoaceans” with bean-shaped or symmetrically to asymmetrically ovoid lateral outline, rarely with a weak anteroventral indentation; dorsal margin curved or straight, shorter than carapace length. Adductorial sulcus concave toward anterior end or straight; posteroventral sulcus present (subfamily Bouciinae ) or absent.Adductor muscle scar characteristically a smooth patch (in some cases composed of many tiny scars), a pit or absent. Ornament usually present, consisting of transverse, longitudinal, spiral, concentric or irregular pattern of ribs, in some cases reduced to minute spines and reticulations (modified after Perrier et al. 2019).