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Deflandrea multispinosa

Deflandrea multispinosa Cookson and Eisenack, 1970

Now Chatangiella?. Originally Deflandrea, subsequently Chatangiella, thirdly (and now) Chatangiella?.
Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1970, pl.11, fig.8
Locus typicus: Madura No. 1 Bore, Australia
Stratum typicum: Albian-Cenomanian

Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1970, p.141
Shell small, slightly longer than broad. Epitheca somewhat larger than the hypotheca with slightly convex sides and a short, centrally placed apical horn which, whcn entire, is bluntly pointed. The sides of the hypotheca, which are straight or slightly convex, slant downwards towards a relatively narrow and straight base with two short but distinct antapical horns of unequal length, the left-hand one being the larger. In two specimens only one relatively large antapical horn is developed (Pl. 11, fig. 7) . The girdle is prominent, circular and discontinuous on the dorsal surface, the breaks being to the right and left of a median portion and near thc latcral walls. The wall of the shell is distinctly and closely ornamented with short, sharply pointed spines.
A large internal capsule, oval in shape, almost fills the shell. The archeopyle is squarish to circular in outline.
Dimensions: Holotype: c. 96 Ám long, 62 Ám broad. Range of 10 specimens: c. 67-102 Ám long, 46-72 Ám broad.
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