Laxtorum breve Tekin, 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a27 |
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1A437774-B5BE-49F2-8DEF-D46F2790484A |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4495029 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AAC22989-AF44-439E-8E99-6493848E6229 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:AAC22989-AF44-439E-8E99-6493848E6229 |
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Felipe |
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Laxtorum breve Tekin |
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sp. nov. |
Laxtorum breve Tekin , n. sp.
( Fig. 12 View FIG D-J)
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Laxtorum sp. – Aita & Spörli 1992: pl. 5, fig. 12.
HOLOTYPE. — Sample Orbuk-32, HU.JMB.0157 ( Fig. 12D View FIG ).
PARATYPES. — HU.JMB.0158 ( Fig. 12G View FIG ), HU.JMB159 ( Fig. 12H View FIG ), JMB.0160 ( Fig. 12I View FIG ), HU.JMB161 ( Fig. 12J View FIG ).
TYPE LOCALITY. — Orbuklukeli section, Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.
ETYMOLOGY. — From the Latin brevis-e – short, brief, due its short shell.
OCCURRENCE. — Lower Jurassic, lower Sinemurian of Auckland, New Zealand and Orbuklukeli section, Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.
DIMENSIONS (based on seven specimens, in µm). — Length of horn: 84-120 (holotype: 100, average: 105.7); Maximum length of test: 132-158 (holotype: 158, average: 141.1); Maximum width of test: 120-168 (holotype: 125, average: 136.1).
DESCRIPTION
Test short with three post-abdominal segments. Cephalis hemisphaerical with a long horn. Horn needle-like, subcircular in transversal section, slightly decreasing in width distally and terminated in a sharp end. Rest of the test increasing in width very slowly, and decreasing in width at last segment. Collar, lumbar and following strictures not prominent, not visible at the surface of test. Surface of test covered with thick layer of silica with irregular surface. Test bears circular to subcircular pores of different sizes.
REMARKS
This species differs from Laxtorum hemingense Whalen & Carter in Carter et al. (1998: 80 , pl. 25, figs 6-8, 13, 14,
24, 25; pl. 27, figs 5, 6, 16, 20) by having a shorter test with
very long horn and indistinct circumferential ridges. It can be differentiated from Laxtorum obscurum Tekin , n. sp. by possessing a thin, long horn and longer test with more segments.
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