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Diplotesta
From Fensome et al., 2019:
"Diplotesta", Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, p.256.
Name illegitimate -- senior homonym: Diplotesta Brongniart, 1874.
Substitute name: Wallodinium.
Type: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, pl.39, fig.4, as Diplotesta glaessneri.
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Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1960]:
Description:
Shell cylindrical or elongate-ellipsoidal, straight or curved, with rounded or bluntly pointed apices and partially filled with an elongate oval capsule. Membrane of shell smooth or finely and longitudinally striate; wall of capsule smooth.
"Diplotesta", Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, p.256.
Name illegitimate -- senior homonym: Diplotesta Brongniart, 1874.
Substitute name: Wallodinium.
Type: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, pl.39, fig.4, as Diplotesta glaessneri.
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Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1960]:
Description:
Shell cylindrical or elongate-ellipsoidal, straight or curved, with rounded or bluntly pointed apices and partially filled with an elongate oval capsule. Membrane of shell smooth or finely and longitudinally striate; wall of capsule smooth.