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Hystrichokolpoma circumtabulatum

Hystrichokolpoma circumtabulata (Drugg, 1967) Schumacker-Lambry, 1978

NOW Alisocysta. Originally Eisenackia, subsequently Hystrichokolpoma, thirdly (and now) Alisocysta, fourthly Agerasphaera (generic name illegitimate). Lentin and Williams, 1981, retained this species in Alisocysta Stover and Evitt, 1978.
Taxonomic junior synonym: Hystrichokolpoma mentitum, according to Schumacker-Lambry (1978, p.42) — however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.135) retained Hystrichokolpoma mentitum.

Holotype: Drugg, 1967, pl.1, fig.12; Damassa, 1979b, pl.3, figs.14–16; Fensome et al., 1993a, fig.1 — p.1061
Paratype: Drugg, 1967
Locus typicus: Escarpado Canyon, California, U.S.A.
Stratum typicum: Danian

Original description: Drugg, 1967, p.15: Eisenackia circumtabulata
Diagnosis: Test ellipsoidal in outline, somewhat compressed. Wall thick, very finely punctate on some specimens. The plates are deliniated by low membranous walls. The tabulation is identical to that of Eisenackia crassitabulata Deflandre and Cookson 1955. The test opens by means of an apical operculum. Size range, 36 to 47 µm wide, 37 to 47 µm high (six specimens).

Affinities:
Drugg, W. 1967, p. 15: Eisenackia circumtabulata
This species differs from Eisenackia crassitabulata in that the plates are marked by raised walls, the interiors of which are not filled with a thick-walled mesh.
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