WoRMS taxon details
original description
Simon, E.; Logan, A.; Zuschin, M.; Mainguy, J.; Mottequin, B. (2016). Lenticellaria and Hillerella, new kraussinoid genera (Kraussinoidea, Brachiopoda) from Indo-Pacific and Red Sea waters: evolution in the subfamily Megerliinae. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4137(1): 1-34., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4137.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Etymology From the word “lenticel” a botanical term meaning a kind of pore present on the surface of the bark of trees. Lenticels may be streak-like in shape. This name is derived from the scaly ornamentation of the shell surface. [details]
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