rhynchonellid

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English

Noun

rhynchonellid (plural rhynchonellids)

  1. (zoology) Any brachiopod of the order Rhynchonellida.
    • 2010, Steffen Kiel, The Vent and Seep Biota: Aspects from Microbes to Ecosystems:
      However, it is the large-sized rhynchonellids that have been most readily identified to date as members of ancient hydrocarbon seep communities.