Ostrovskia

Extinct genus of moss animals

Ostrovskia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Bryozoa

Class:  |

Gymnolaemata

Order:  |

Cheilostomida

Suborder:  |

Neocheilostomatina

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Ascophora

Genus:  |

Ostrovskia

Zágoršek & Gordon, 2012

Ostrovskia is an extinct genus of bryozoans which existed in what is now Turkey during the late Tortonian. It was described by Kamil Zágoršek and Dennis P. Gordon in 2012 and the type species is O. triforamina.[1]

## Etymology

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The genus was named in honour of Andrei N. Ostrovsky, for his studies on the reproductive structures of cheilostomes. The species epithet refers to three apices on the heterozooecium located directly against the proximal wall of the mouth.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Kamil Zágoršek and Dennis P. Gordon (2011). "Late Tortonian bryozoans from Mut Basin, Central Anatolian Plateau, southern Turkey". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0100.

Taxon identifiers

Ostrovskia|

* Wikidata: Q7107779
* GBIF: 9571496
* IRMNG: 1483122
* Open Tree of Life: 7925988
* WoRMS: 1378943