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Diplotesta luna
Diplotesta luna Cookson and Eisenack, 1960
NOW Wallodinium. Originally Diplotesta (generic name illegitimate), subsequently (and now) Wallodinium. Following I.C.N. Article 55.1, the species name Diplotesta luna is validly published even though the generic name Diplotesta is illegitimate.
Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, pl.3, fig.21
Locus typicus: Wapet"s seismic shot hole B1, N of Gingin, W Australia
Stratum typicum: ?Late Albian-Cenomanian
Original description: Cookson and Eisenack 1960, p. 10-11
Diagnosis: Shell half-moon shaped, tapering towards the two bluntly pointed ends and containing a slightly concavo-convex elongate capsule which narrows distally towards somewhat pointed apices. Wall of both shell and capsule smooth.
Affinities:
Cookson and Eisenack 1960, p. 11: Six examples have been found, all of which are imperfect. However, they seem to constitute a species which is distinct from the Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous species Diplotesta glaessneri Cookson and Eisenack 1960(2), in the more deeply concavo-convex outline and the more pointed apices of the shell.
NOW Wallodinium. Originally Diplotesta (generic name illegitimate), subsequently (and now) Wallodinium. Following I.C.N. Article 55.1, the species name Diplotesta luna is validly published even though the generic name Diplotesta is illegitimate.
Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, pl.3, fig.21
Locus typicus: Wapet"s seismic shot hole B1, N of Gingin, W Australia
Stratum typicum: ?Late Albian-Cenomanian
Original description: Cookson and Eisenack 1960, p. 10-11
Diagnosis: Shell half-moon shaped, tapering towards the two bluntly pointed ends and containing a slightly concavo-convex elongate capsule which narrows distally towards somewhat pointed apices. Wall of both shell and capsule smooth.
Affinities:
Cookson and Eisenack 1960, p. 11: Six examples have been found, all of which are imperfect. However, they seem to constitute a species which is distinct from the Upper Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous species Diplotesta glaessneri Cookson and Eisenack 1960(2), in the more deeply concavo-convex outline and the more pointed apices of the shell.