Pyramidulina latejugata ( Gümbel, 1870 )

Bergh, Eugene W. & Compton, John S., 2022, Taxonomy of Middle Miocene foraminifera from the northern Namibian continental shelf, Zootaxa 5091 (1), pp. 1-55 : 11

Pyramidulina latejugata ( Gümbel, 1870)

Pl. 1, fig. 18

Nodosaria latejugata Gümbel, 1870, p. 619 , pl. 1, fig. 32.

Nodosaria affinis Cushman & Renz, 1942, p. 6 , pl. 1, figs. 8–10; Cushman & Jarvis, 1930, p. 34, pl. 10, fig. 13.

Description: The wall is calcareous, hyaline. The test is thick, elongate and uniserial, with a single spine at the base. The sutures are depressed. Longitudinal costae cover the length of the test from the base to the radiate apertural end.

Remarks: Few tests of this species were recorded. They were commonly broken and comprised only <1% of the total foraminiferal assemblage in core 2670. The tests are elongated, measuring 0.1 mm in cross-section and up to 3 mm in length.

Regional occurrence: This is the first documentation of this species in middle Miocene sediments along the southwestern margin of Africa, occurring on the Namibian outer continental shelf, south of the Kunene River mouth.