Elversella McRoberts and Newell, 2001
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)311<0001:ANPMGE>2.0.CO;2 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15189373 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D7878B-6E54-A501-FD1E-E36FFC753D12 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Elversella McRoberts and Newell |
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gen. nov. |
Genus Elversella McRoberts and Newell , new genus
ETYMOLOGY: Named in honor of Walter B. Elvers.
TYPE SPECIES: Elversella rugosa McRoberts and Newell , new species.
DIAGNOSIS: Myalinidae with shell retrocrescent (sickle shaped) with discordant valves; left valve larger and more convex than right valve, with ten to fifteen coarse, commarginal rugae; right valve smaller, without ornamentation; shell edentulous, possessing simple opisthodetic duplivincular ligament, ligament grooves slightly curved, intersecting hinge margin at an angle of less than 45°.
RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION: Lower and Middle Permian (Guadalupian) of West Texas (Glenister et al., 1992).
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