Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Brachiopoda |
| Class: Rynchonellata |
| Order: Athyridida |
| Family: Meristellidae |
| Genus: Meristella |
| Species: Meristella barrisi Hall, 1860 |
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Geological Range
Paleogeographic Distribution
Stratigraphic Occurrences
| Moscow formation |
| Windom Member |
| Kashong Member |
| Ludlowville Formation |
| Centerfield Member |
| Skaneateles Formation |
| Mottville Member |
References
Linsley (1994): p. 194, figs. 1-16.
Wilson (2014): pp. 108, 109.
Remarks
Originally described as Meristella barrisi by Hall in 1860.
From Wilson (2014, p. 108): “Biconvex shell, more elongate than wide. Incurved beak on pedicle valve extending over brachial valve. To 20 mm.”
From Carlton Brett and Gordon Baird: “A generally uncommon brachiopod (see comments under M. haskinsi.) Meristella species are associated and both are typical of the Tropidoleptus-Nucleospira biofacies of Brett et al. (2007) and neither is found in offshore moderately to strongly dysoxic facies. Probably fixosessile (pedically attached).”
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