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Genus Megerlina Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1884 |
[Type species= Kraussia lamarckiana Davidson, 1852 (p. 80)] |
Small, subpentagonal in outline, ventribiconvex; anterior commissure unisulcate, finely costellate; beak suberect, attrite; foramen submesothyrid, deltidial plates disjunct; valve interiors radially tuberculate. Pedicle collar anteriorly excavate. Cardinal process weak, acutely triangular; inner socket ridges defining deep sockets and enclosing a pair of prominent, nonexcavate, pedicle adjustor scars; crura not developed, descending lamellae extending posteriorly as curved flanges from lateral flanks of bifurcate septal pillar but not reaching cardinalia; septal pillar tapers posteriorly as low, thick median septum; spicules stouter than in Kraussina. |
Neogene - Present
Diagnosis from volume 5 of the
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Extant Species of Megerlina |
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