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Galea lychnea

"Galea lychnea" Maier, 1959, p.310, pl.30, fig.6.

TYPE: Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.30, fig.6.

HISTORY: Originally Galea (generic name illegitimate), subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Areoligera.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Hystrichosphaeridium (as Achomosphaera) alcicornu, according to Sarjeant (1983, p.100-101).

COMMENTS: Following I.C.B.N. Article 55.1, the species name Galea lychnea is validly published even though the generic name Galea is illegitimate.

AGE: Miocene.


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