Malumella oblonga n. gen., n. sp.

(Figs 25 A-M; 33K, L)

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HOLOTYPE. — Sample: Mernel S212, 5.50 m (MNHN.F.F67711).

PARATYPES. — Two paratypes: Sample: Auxais T47, 12-14 m (MNHN.F.F67712); sample:Mernel S212, 5.50 m (MNHN.F.F67713).

DIAGNOSIS. — Test ovoid ornamented with numerous costae, aboral end granular; conical reticulate neck.

TYPE AGE. — Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Mernel (Ille-et-Vilaine).

ETYMOLOGY. — From Latin oblongus (oblong).

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample: la Groussinière S17, 21.70- 19.20 m (MNHN.F.F6766), 6 specimens.

SIZE. — Length = 0.545 mm; diameter = 0.225 mm.

OCCURENCE. — Falun from Mernel (Ille-et-Vilaine) and marls from Auxais (Manche).

DESCRIPTION

Test ovoid ornamented with costae (19), aboral end granular; neck conical surrounded with chamberlets closed with perforate wall and hexagonal ornamentation; wall hyaline, densely perforate; aperture rounded with a small radiate lip; aboral end structure.