Lagunculella grayi n. gen., n. sp.

(Figs 19 N-P; 20A-D; 32H, I)

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HOLOTYPE. — Sample: LRK2, 2.30 m (MNHN.F.F67688).

PARATYPE. — Sample: SSL S3, 2.30 m (MNHN.F.F67689).

DIAGNOSIS. — Test ovoid truncated at the base ornamented with costae and tapering to a short neck, aperture provided with a deversed lip, aboral opening.

TYPE AGE. — Late Pliocene.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Brest-LRK2 (Finistère).

ETYMOLOGY. — In honour of Howard Burk Gray.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample: LRK2, 3.30 m (MNHN.F.F67758), 2 specimens.

SIZE. — Length = 0.345 mm; diameter = 0.158 mm.

OCCURENCE. — Clay from Brest-LRK2 and falun from SaintSulpice-des-Landes (Loire-Atlantique).

DESCRIPTION

Test ovoid tapering to a short neck with spirally ridges, aboral end ornamented with acute costae (11); wall smooth, hyaline, finely perforate; aperture rounded with deversed lip; aboral end structure.