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