MINCHINELLIDAE Dendy & Row, 1913
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392175 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468408 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B2494E1B-FF8E-B27F-F6FA-FA29FF27A18A |
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MINCHINELLIDAE Dendy & Row, 1913 |
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Family MINCHINELLIDAE Dendy & Row, 1913 View in CoL
TYPE GENUS. — Minchinella Kirkpatrick, 1908 by original designation.
DIAGNOSIS. — Lithonida with a choanoskeleton consisting of a primary network of tetractines cemented or linked together in a variety of ways.
DESCRIPTION
Vacelet (1981) provided an identification key of the known Recent species. The family includes several fossil genera, whose definitions have to be revised.
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