Spiniferites cornutus var. cornutus

"var. cornutus".  Autonym.  Holotype: Gerlach, 1961, pl.27, figs.10-12.  Now redundant.  Originally Hystrichosphaera cornuta var. cornuta, subsequently Spiniferites cornutus var. cornutus.  Taxonomic junior synonyms (at subspecific rank): Spiniferites cornutus var. opisthophorus (as Spiniferites cornutus subsp. opisthophorus), according to Below (1982c, p.33); Hystrichosphaera cornuta var. laevimura (as Spiniferites cornutus subsp. laevimurus, now Spiniferella cornuta subsp. laevimura), according to Cookson and Eisenack (1974, p.62) - however, Below (1982c, p.33) retained Spiniferites cornutus subsp. laevimurus (now Spiniferella cornuta subsp. laevimura). Parent: Spiniferites cornutus