Laxtorum breve Tekin, n. sp.

(Fig. 12 D-J)

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Laxtorum sp. – Aita & Spörli 1992: pl. 5, fig. 12.

HOLOTYPE. — Sample Orbuk-32, HU.JMB.0157 (Fig. 12D).

PARATYPES. — HU.JMB.0158 (Fig. 12G), HU.JMB159 (Fig. 12H), JMB.0160 (Fig. 12I), HU.JMB161 (Fig. 12J).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Orbuklukeli section, Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.

ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin brevis-e – short, brief, due its short shell.

OCCURRENCE. — Lower Jurassic, lower Sinemurian of Auckland, New Zealand and Orbuklukeli section, Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.

DIMENSIONS (based on seven specimens, in µm). — Length of horn: 84-120 (holotype: 100, average: 105.7); Maximum length of test: 132-158 (holotype: 158, average: 141.1); Maximum width of test: 120-168 (holotype: 125, average: 136.1).

DESCRIPTION

Test short with three post-abdominal segments. Cephalis hemisphaerical with a long horn. Horn needle-like, subcircular in transversal section, slightly decreasing in width distally and terminated in a sharp end. Rest of the test increasing in width very slowly, and decreasing in width at last segment. Collar, lumbar and following strictures not prominent, not visible at the surface of test. Surface of test covered with thick layer of silica with irregular surface. Test bears circular to subcircular pores of different sizes.

REMARKS

This species differs from Laxtorum hemingense Whalen & Carter in Carter et al. (1998: 80, pl. 25, figs 6-8, 13, 14,

24, 25; pl. 27, figs 5, 6, 16, 20) by having a shorter test with

very long horn and indistinct circumferential ridges. It can be differentiated from Laxtorum obscurum Tekin, n. sp. by possessing a thin, long horn and longer test with more segments.