Family Meristellidae | Rank Genus | |
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Similar Atrypa, Leptaena, Athyris, Atrypa reticularis, Chonetes |
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Meristella is an extinct genus of brachiopods found from the Upper Silurian to the Middle Devonian characterized by a smooth oval shell and a prominent incurved beak on the pedicle valve. Meristella is placed in the family Meristellidae of the articulate brachiopod order Athyridida.
Related genera include Charionella, Meristelloides, and Pentagonia.
References
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