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Palaeostomocystis apiculata
Palaeostomocystis apiculata Cookson and Eisenack, 1960
Now Fromea. Originally Palaeostomocystis, subsequently Fromea?, thirdly (and now) Fromea.
Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, pl.3, fig.15
Locus typicus: Carnarvon Basin, Australia
Stratum typicum: Santonian-Campanian
Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, p.12
Shell ellipsoidal, straight or with one side more strongly convex than the other, narrowing toward the slightly sunken aperture. Shell membrane thin, slightly thickened around the aperture, usually with sparsely distributed spinules in the anterior and posterior regions.
Dimensions: Holotype: 62 µm long, 35 µm broad. Range: 38-62 µm x 19-35 µm.
Now Fromea. Originally Palaeostomocystis, subsequently Fromea?, thirdly (and now) Fromea.
Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, pl.3, fig.15
Locus typicus: Carnarvon Basin, Australia
Stratum typicum: Santonian-Campanian
Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, p.12
Shell ellipsoidal, straight or with one side more strongly convex than the other, narrowing toward the slightly sunken aperture. Shell membrane thin, slightly thickened around the aperture, usually with sparsely distributed spinules in the anterior and posterior regions.
Dimensions: Holotype: 62 µm long, 35 µm broad. Range: 38-62 µm x 19-35 µm.