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Dallina is a genus of small to average size lampshells (maximum long). It is known since the Miocene.

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monotypic taxon
Parent taxon
Dallinidae
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Dallina septiger internal 1.jpg
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taxon name
Dallina
taxon rank
genus
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Dallina is a genus of small to average size lampshells (maximum long). It is known since the Miocene.

== Description == Small to large, triangular to subquadrangular in outline; rectimarginate to paraplicate; beak erect, without beak ridges; foramen small to large, mesothyrid, attrite, symphytium concave. Hinge teeth small, weak; pedicle collar very short. Cardinalia lamellar with excavate inner and outer hinge plates separated by narrow crural bases; inner hinge plates converging on median septum to form V-shaped septalium; cardinal process not differentiated; median septum low anteriorly, extending beyond midvalve; adult loop teloform.

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