"Stomiosphaera? sphaerica" (Kaufmann in Heer, 1865, p.196, figs.104,106a-b) Bonet, 1956, p.450.
TYPE: Holotype: not designated. STATUS: Combination not validly published: generic name not validly published. HISTORY: NOW: Pithonella. Originally Lagena (Appendix A), subsequently Stomiosphaera? (combination not validly published), thirdly Palinosphaera? (Appendix A), fourthly (and now) Pithonella. Questionable assignment: Dufour (1968, p.1948). SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Lagena (now Pithonella) ovalis, according to Lorenz (1902, p.46) - however, Bonet (1956, p.450) retained Lagena (as Stomiosphaera) sphaerica. Taxonomic junior synonym: Lagena orbulinaria (Appendix A), according to Bonet (1956, p.450). AGE: late Cenomanian-Turonian (based on later studies by Bolli - P. Hochuli, personal communitation).
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