Obolidae is a family of extinct
brachiopod
Brachiopods (), phylum (biology), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear e ...
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Species
Obolidae species include:
[Emig C. C., Bitner M. A. & Álvarez F., 2019]
Linguliformea
Brachiopoda database. Accessed 2020-09-27.
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Obolus apollinis
The obol (, ''obolos'', also ὀβελός (''obelós''), ὀβελλός (''obellós''), ὀδελός (''odelós''). "nail, metal spit"; ) was a form of ancient Greek currency and weight.
Currency
Obols were used from early times. ...
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Eichwald, 1829
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Schmidtites celatus''
(Volborth, 1869)
References
Brachiopod families
Lingulata
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