| Meristella | |
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| Meristella laevis, front and side views (nr. 15) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | †Athyridida |
| Family: | †Meristellidae |
| Subfamily: | †Meristellinae |
| Genus: | †Meristella Hall, 1859 |
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Meristella is an extinct genus of brachiopods found from the Late Silurian to the Late Devonian.1 They are characterized by a smooth oval shell and a prominent incurved beak on the pedicle valve. Meristella is placed in the family Meristellidae of the articulate brachiopod order Athyridida.
Related genera include Charionella, Meristelloides, and Pentagonia.
Further reading
Further reading
- R.C Moore 1952. Brachiopods, Ch 6. Moore, Lalicker, and Fischer. Invertebrate Fossils, McGraw-Hill.