Simpliciforma Bitner & Zezina

Bitner, Maria Aleksandra, Melnik, Vjacheslav P. & Zezina, Olga N., 2013, New paedomorphic brachiopods from the abyssal zone of the north-eastern Pacific Ocean, Zootaxa 3613 (3), pp. 281-288 : 285

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3613.3.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9FFCFCBC-100D-4CD0-ADAF-BCB51190AF11

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5657851

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scientific name

Simpliciforma Bitner & Zezina
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Genus Simpliciforma Bitner & Zezina View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species. Simpliciforma profunda Bitner & Zezina gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Very small, smooth brachiopod with long, straight hinge line; beak short, beak ridges sharp; foramen subtriangular, formed by both valves; deltidial plates very narrow, disjunct; inner socket ridges low but thick; dental sockets rounded, relatively deep; cardinal process, septum and brachial skeleton all absent; lophophore trocholophous with long filaments.

Etymology. Referring to the simple morphological characters of the genus.