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Primitiella

Primitiella
Drawing from Bassler and Kellett, 1934

Small, straight-backed, equivalved shells with a broad undefined median depression mainly in the dorsal half of the valves and with narrow border (Bassler and Kellett, 1934).

Species

Primitiella claypolei (Jones, 1890)
Occurrence: Fulton
Reference: Dalvé, 1948; Bassler and Kellett, 1934
Originally named Leperditia claypolei

Primitiella whitfield (Jones, 1890)
Occurrence: Fulton
Reference: Dalvé, 1948; Bassler and Kellett, 1934
Originally named Primitia whitfieldi

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