Hystrichosphaera mirabilis

"mirabilis" Rossignol, 1964, p.86–87, pl.2, figs.1–3; pl.3, figs.4–5.  Holotype: Rossignol, 1964, pl.2, figs.1–2.  NOW Spiniferites.  Originally Hystrichosphaera, subsequently (and now) Spiniferites.  Motile equivalent: Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède and Lachmann, 1859) Diesing, 1866, according to Wall and Dale (1967, p.352; 1968c, p.270) and Dodge (1989, p.289).  This name was not validly published in Rossignol (1962, p.131), since no illustration was given, and Rossignol (1963, p.207–208), since no holotype was designated.  Age: Pleistocene.

Parent: Hystrichosphaera