Mojczella

Mojczella; Temporal range: Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix):	Tvaerenellidae
Genus:	†Mojczella; Olempska, 1988
Type species
	Mojczella jaanussoni; Olempska, 1988
Other species
	Mojczella polonica Olempska, 1988 Mojczella sanctacrucensis Olempska, 1988

Mojczella is an extinct genus of tvaerenellid ostracod that lived during the Ordovician period.

Etymology

The generic name Mojczella derives from Mójcza, the type locality of the genus. The specific epithet of the species Mojczella polonica is derived from Polonia, the Latin word for Poland. The specific epithet of Mojczella jaanussoni, the type species, honours the scientist Valdar Jaanusson from Stockholm. The specific epithet of Mojczella sanctacrucensis is derived from the Latin term for the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, known in English as the Holy Cross Mountains, the mountain range in which fossils of the genus have been found.

References

↑ Olempska, Ewa (1988). "Mojczella, a new genus of Ostracoda from the Ordovician of the Świętokrzyskie Mts., Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 33 (2): 135–144. Retrieved 25 October 2026 – via Semantic Scholar.

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[1] Olempska, Ewa (1988). "Mojczella, a new genus of Ostracoda from the Ordovician of the Świętokrzyskie Mts., Poland". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 33 (2): 135–144. Retrieved 25 October 2026 – via Semantic Scholar.