Protoperidinium subgenus Protoperidinium section Selenopemphix Appendix B

PROTOPERIDINIUM subgenus PROTOPERIDINIUM section SELENOPEMPHIX (Benedek, 1972, p.47) Harland, 1982, p.396.  Emendations: Bujak in Bujak et al., 1980, p.82; Head, 1993, p.32, both as Selenopemphix.  Combination not validly published: basionym not fully referenced.  NOW Selenopemphix.  Originally (and now) Selenopemphix, subsequently Protoperidinium subgenus Protoperidinium section Selenopemphix (name not validly published).  Taxonomic junior synonyms: Omanodinium, according to Bradford and Wall (1984, p.49) and Head (1993, p.32); Multispinula, according to Matsuoka (1985a, p.51) and Head (1993, p.31-32).  Head (1993, p.32) considered by implication that the acritarch genus Margosphaera Nagy, 1965, is the possible taxonomic senior synonym of this taxon.  Type: Benedek, 1972, pl.11, fig.13, as Selenopemphix nephroides.