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Wetzeliella neocomica forma pteridia

From Fensome et al., 2019:
Wetzeliella neocomica forma pteridia Gocht, 1957
Originally Wetzeliella? neocomica forma pteridia, subsequently Phoberocysta neocomica ssp. pteridia. Tax. jr. synonym of Phoberocysta (now Muderongia) tabulata Raynaud, 1978, according to Monteil, 1991. Phoberocysta tabulata is the tax. sr. synonym at the species rank.
Holotype: Gocht, 1957, pl.20, fig.5
Age: Hauterivian

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Original description (Gocht, 1957) Translation: pkb 2024
shell approximately 5-cornered and almost smooth-edged. Apical part helmet-shaped to bell-shaped. Broad, lobed angled lateral horns and, to the left and right of the antapical horn, two almost rectangular shaped protuberances. processes sparse or completely absent. In one specimen the inner body pulls slightly into the apical horn. Dimensions: length 124 µ, width 87 µ, apical horn 26 µ, antapical horn 24 µ, protuberances on the left and right 12 and 11 µ, side horns each 15 µ, inner body 74:57 µ. Occurrence: 2 specimens in sample 9, some others differ due to increased projections or more irregular construction.
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