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Ogmoplecia nesca

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Triplesiidae

Taxonomy
Ogmoplecia nesca was named by Popov and Cocks (2006). Its type specimen is BC 57777, a shell (internal moulds of conjoined valves), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 828. Northern Dulankara Mountains, which is in a Katian marginal marine siltstone/mudstone in the Dulankara Formation of Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ogmoplecia nesca Popov and Cocks p. 274 figs. Plate 6, figures 2–4, 6–9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderTriplesiidinaMoore 1952
superfamilyTriplesioideaSchuchert 1913
familyTriplesiidaeSchuchert 1913
genusOgmoplecia
speciesnesca

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Ogmoplecia nesca Popov and Cocks 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks 2006Medium size for the genus, with transverse, flattened, dorsibiconvex shell of subpentagonal outline ornamented with three strong, simple angular ribs in the ventral sulcus, four in the dorsal median fold and 6–14 on the flanks of both valves.