Meristella

Meristella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: Athyridida
Family: Meristellidae
Genus: Meristella
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Meristella is a genus of brachiopod found from the Upper Silurian to the Middle Devonian 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.

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