Eodictyonella

Eodictyonella is a genus of rhynchonelliform brachiopods belonging to the extinct class Chileata.

It is characterised by a non-strophic shell covered by a net-like ornament (Greek dictyon, a net).

Like in most chileates, the perforation in the umbonal region of the ventral valve is covered by a colleplax.

[1] It had initially been described as Dictyonella Hall, 1868; however, this name proved to be a younger homonym of Dictyonella Schmidt, 1868, a sponge, so has been replaced by Eodictyonella Wright, 1994.

[2] Eodictyonella belongs to the family Eichwaldiidae Schuchert, 1893 and to the order Dictyonellida Cooper, 1956.