Spiniferites bentorii ssp. bentorii
Autonym
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Rossignol 1964, p. 84-85, pl.1, fig.3, 3bis, 7, 8; pl. 3, fig.2, 3; Text-fig.A-F
Hystrichosphaera bentori Rossignol 1962

Rossignol 1961: nomen nudum, pl. 1, fig.7, 8
Rossignol 1962, p.132

Holotype: Ashdod 15/0 - 172/172.5 m
Locus typicus: Ashdod 15/0 borehole
Stratum typicum: Pleistocene-Recent
Diagnosis: Large Hystrichospere with ovoidal test and apical protruberance. Tabulation typical of the genus, very clear: 3 pentagonal apical plates 3", 6 alternately hexa- and pentagonal precingulars 6"", the sixth being triangular; archaeopyle in the third one, hexagonal and mid-dorsal; 6 hexagonal cingulars 6c, forming a laevorotatory helicoidal band; one longitudinally elongate ventral plate; 6 pentagonal postcingulars 6""", the sixth rectangular and situated at the antapex of the ventral plate; finally, one posterior intercalary 1P between the first postcingular and the last plate, viz. the unique hexagonal antapical 1"""".
Processes at the plate corners, trifurcate, each branch finely bifurcate; the two antapical dorsals are very well developed.