Microcochlis, Yoo, 1994
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.18 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87C3-860B-6B2D-F9E0-8BB9FA5DF573 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Microcochlis |
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n.gen. |
Microcochlis n.gen.
Type species. Microcochlis parva n.sp.
Definition. Minute, turbiniform with shallow sutures, somewhat flat whorl profile, and narrow umbilicus; ornament of rather widely spaced prosocline collabral cords with weak spiral cords.
Geological age. Late Tournaisian.
Remarks. Microcochlis n.gen. differs from Eucochlis Knight and Kyndalynia n.gen. in having a flat whorl profile and coarser collabral cords modified with weaker spiral cords. It has a narrow umbilicus as seen in some species of Eucochlis , but differs from Kyndalynia in that the latter has a round whorl profile and a wide umbilicus.
Australian Carboniferous species. Microcochlis parva n.sp.
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