Sphaerella orbulinaria

*orbulinaria (de Lapparent, 1918, p.20, pl.2, figs.1–part,2–part; pl.3, fig.2–part) Keller 1946, p.95,107.  Holotype: not designated.  NOW Inocardion.  Originally Lagena (Appendix A), subsequently Stomiosphaera, thirdly Sphaerella (generic name illegitimate), fourthly Stomiodinium?, fifthly (and now) Inocardion.  Taxonomic senior synonym: Lagena (now Pithonella) sphaerica, according to Bonet (1956, p.450) ) — however, Masters and Scott (1978, p.215) retained this species as the type of Inocardion.  Age: Late Cretaceous.

Parent: Sphaerella