Cymopolia mayaense Johnson & Kaska, 1965

Figs. 3 c-d, 8a-e, g-h

*1965 Cymopolia mayaense n. sp. – Johnson and Kaska, p. 83-85, pl. 18, figs. 1-4.

2013 Cymopolia mayaense Johnson and Kaska – Granier in Granier et al., p. 283, Fig. 3.1-4, pl. 4, figs. d-f, pl. 5, figs. a-i, pl. 6, figs. a-c, pl. 7, figs a-f, pl. 8, fig. e (with synonymy).

Remarks: C. mayaense represents a species showing a rather wide variability of article morphology and range of biometric data. The type-material of the Johnson collection has been recently revised by Granier in Granier et al. (2013). Characteristics of the Iranian specimens are a smooth inner surface, comparably small ovoid sporangia surrounded by 4 to 5 secondary laterals (Fig. 8 c-e, h). Most specimens are represented by cylindrical segments (length up to 4.0 mm; diameter up to 0.9 mm). The primary laterals bearing numerous fertile ampullae at the distal end are shorther than the secondaries. In some samples, C. cf. mayaense shows an assemblage with the calcareous benthic foraminifera Rahaghia khorassanica (Rahaghi) (Fig. 3c, 8g).