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Aulotractus

genus / PHAEOSPHAERIDA / AULOSPHAERIDAE

Description

Single shell elongate , ellipsoidal to spindle- shaped ; radial tubules at nodal points . FAMILY: CANNOSPHAERIDAE Haeckel, 1887 Two concentric shells united by numerous strands ; external shell latticed with polygonal meshes and internal one massive with a pylum . Radial spines arise from nodal points of cortical network .

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Single shell elongate , ellipsoidal to spindle-
shaped ; radial tubules at nodal points .
FAMILY: CANNOSPHAERIDAE Haeckel, 1887
Two concentric shells united by numerous
strands ; external shell latticed with polygonal
meshes and internal one massive with a pylum .
Radial spines arise from nodal points of cortical
network .