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- not comparablePertaining to the dolon.
However, the dolonal spines of D. spinosa and D. mackenziensis are not found in piretellines.
1986, Ordovician (Llandeilo and Caradoc) Beyrichiocope Ostracoda from England and Wales, voume 139, issue 1, page 202 more examples
In forms with a modified outer antral fence, both this and the adjacent distal band of the domiciliar wall may be concave and form the antrum (Figs. 6 J-K; 7 B), and in some forms the antrum apparently is formed by the dolon alone (dolonal antrum).
1964, GFF - Volume 86, page 343Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.
1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30
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