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Dictyopyxis
From Fensome et al., 2019:
"Dictyopyxis", Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, p.255.
Name illegitimate -- senior homonym: Dictyopyxis Ehrenberg, 1844b.
Substitute name: Dictyopyxidia.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Ellipsoidictyum, according to Sarjeant (1976a, p.23).
Type: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, pl.39, fig.12, as Dictyopyxis areolata.
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Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960
Description:
Shell elongate with rounded ends and a reticulate wall; a division into epitheca and hypotheca and the presence of a `girdle` may be suggested by the more regular shape and arrangement of the meshes at or near the equator. The shell opens by the detachment of one of the ends.
"Dictyopyxis", Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, p.255.
Name illegitimate -- senior homonym: Dictyopyxis Ehrenberg, 1844b.
Substitute name: Dictyopyxidia.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Ellipsoidictyum, according to Sarjeant (1976a, p.23).
Type: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960b, pl.39, fig.12, as Dictyopyxis areolata.
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Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960
Description:
Shell elongate with rounded ends and a reticulate wall; a division into epitheca and hypotheca and the presence of a `girdle` may be suggested by the more regular shape and arrangement of the meshes at or near the equator. The shell opens by the detachment of one of the ends.