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Crubus
Original description: Test as with family, conical to subcylindrical, with constrictions between joints Cephalis conical, with horn. Cephalis and thorax usually sparsely perforate, covered with layer of microgranular silica. Outer layer of abdomen and first one or two post-abdominal chamber covered with small irregular polygonal pore frames, remaining chambers with costae superimposed between each row of pore frames.
Original remarks: Crubus, n. gen., differs from Drulantus, n. gen., by having a horn, and by having a lobated test with outer layer of test wall comprised of small irregular polygonal pore frames on the apical portion of the test.
It was assigned to Crubidae by Yeh (1987); to Hsuidae by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
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