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Meristina sp

Meristina sp., Photo: Michael Lahanas

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Subphylum: Rhynchonelliformea
Classis:Rhynchonellata
Ordo: †Spiriferida
Genus: Meristina

Meristina is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Devonian of Asia, Europe, and North America. Meristina had a smooth convex shell with a one-inch diameter.
Sources

Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 85)

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