Receptaculitidae

plural noun

Re·​cep·​tac·​u·​lit·​i·​dae

: a family of calcareous fossils sometimes placed in the Hyalospongiae but usually set apart as the class Receptaculida see receptaculites

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Receptaculites, type genus + -idae

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