Sellaea Di Stefano, 1889
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17920811 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB8960-0357-FF8F-FE93-78FDFEEDF98B |
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Sellaea Di Stefano, 1889 |
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Genus Sellaea Di Stefano, 1889 View in CoL
TYPE SPECIES. — Caprotina zitteli Di Stefano, 1889 (Di Stefano 1889: 28, 30, pl. 8, figs 1a, b, 2a, b, c, 3), by subsequent designation of Kutassy (1934).
DIAGNOSIS (from Rineau & Masse 2022). — Rudist with coiled left valve and uncoiled conical right valve. On the left valve, presence of a posterior cavity and an undivided anterior cavity. Posterior cavity filled with one or two septa in some species. The posterior myophore of the left valve is outwardly directed on a plate protruding into the posterior myophoral cavity on the right valve, facing the vertical posterior myophore of the right valve. On the right valve, canals can be present in a shell thickening located anteriorly from the anterior myophore.
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