Spiniferites bentorii
bentorii (Rossignol, 1964, p.84-85, pl.1, figs.3,3bis,5-8; pl.3, figs.1-3; text-figs.A-F) Wall and Dale, 1970, p.47-48. Holotype: Rossignol, 1964, pl.1, figs.3,7-8. Originally Hystrichosphaera, subsequently (and now) Spiniferites. Taxonomic junior synonym: Hystrichosphaera (as Spiniferites) nodosa, according to Reid (1974, p.598) - however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.264) retained Hystrichosphaera (as Spiniferites) nodosa. This name was not validly published in Rossignol (1961, pl.1, figs.7-8), who did not provide a description and Rossignol (1962, p.132), who did not illustrate this taxon or provide a reference to an illustration. Motile equivalent: Gonyaulax digitalis (Pouchet, 1883) Kofoid, 1911, according to Wall and Dale (1967, p.352) and Dodge (1989, p.283). Age: Pleistocene-Holocene.
Parent: Spiniferites
Infrataxon List:
Spiniferites bentorii subsp. budajenoensis
"Spiniferites bentorii subsp. coniunctus"
Spiniferites bentorii subsp. granulatus
"Spiniferites bentorii subsp. matraensis"
Spiniferites bentorii subsp. oblongus
Spiniferites bentorii subsp. pannonicus
"Spiniferites bentorii subsp. piriformis"
"Spiniferites bentorii subsp. pseudooblongus"
Spiniferites bentorii subsp. truncatus
