Terebratellidae is an extant
family
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of
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 ...
s with a fossil record dating back to the
Jurassic
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.
[''Terebratellidae'']
in the Paleobiology Database
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History
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References
Terebratulida
Brachiopod families
Brachiopods of Europe
Brachiopods of Oceania
Brachiopods of South America
Extant Jurassic first appearances
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