Palinosphaera
"PALINOSPHAERA" Reinsch in Locker 1967, p.852. Calcareous dinoflagellate genus. Taxonomic senior synonym: Pithonella, by implication in Zügel (1994, p.17), who transferred the type to that genus. Locker (1967, p.852) appears to have been first to use this generic name, although he attributed it to Reinsch (1905). Reinsch had used the informal term "Palinosphärien", but did not base a generic name on the term. Locker provided a brief description and included only a single species, Palinosphaera sphaerica, albeit questionably. Thus, pending further information, Lagena (as Palinosphaera) sphaerica must be considered the type of the generic name Palinosphaera. Following Zügel's (1994) transfer of Lagena sphaerica to Pithonella, Palinosphaera must be considered a taxonomic junior synonym of Pithonella. Type: Palinosphaera sphaerica - no holotype designated.
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