Hystrichosphaera bentorii
"bentorii" Rossignol, 1964, p.84-85, pl.1, figs.3,3bis,5-8; pl.3, figs.2-3; text-figs.A-F. Holotype: Rossignol, 1964, pl.1, figs.3, 7-8. NOW Spiniferites. 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. Motile quivalent: Gonyaulax digitalis (Pouchet, 1883) Kofoid, 1911, according to Wall and Dale (1967, p.352) and Dodge (1989, p.283). This name was not validly published in Rossignol (1961, pl.1, figs.7-8), since no description was given, and Rossignol (1962, p.132) who did not illustrate this taxon or provide a reference to an illustration. Age: Pleistocene-Holocene.
Parent: Hystrichosphaera
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