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Lecaniella dictyota

Lecaniella dictyota Cookson and Eisenack, 1962

Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1962, pl.37, fig.18
Locus typicus: Power House Bore, Perth, Australia
Stratum typicum: Aptian-Cenomanian

Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1962, p.270
Shell rather flat, relatively large, the greater portion of the surface ornamented with a shallow reticulum the small to large meshes of which are polygonal in shape and the muri smooth straight or curved. At the rim the muri of adjoining meshes are radially directed so that the enclosed meshes are approximately rectangular in shape and collectively give the appearance of a marginal "layer".
Dimensions: Holotype--diameter 82 Ám. Range--diameter 62-90 Ám.
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