Here are representative members of the families of Calymenina:
Bathycheilus Bathycheilidae |
Bavarilla Bavarillidae |
Prionocheilus Pharostomatidae |
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Parahomalonotus Homalonotidae |
Trimerus Homalonotidae |
Calymene Calymenidae |
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Compare the above pictorial approach to the purely narrative description below:
Suborder Calymenina
Cephalon: semicircular to subtriangular, typically with gonatoparian
sutures (a few opisthoparian, e.g., Bathycheilidae, primitive Homalonotidae);
glabella narrowing forwards; eyes holochroal, often small; hypostome conterminant,
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PHACOPIDA includes three Suborders
Phacopina | Calymenina | Cheirurina |
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