Verulagena similis ( McCulloch, 1977 ) Margerel, 2023

Margerel, Jean-Pierre, 2023, The species of Lageninae Brady, 1881 (Foraminifera) from the Pliocene-Early Pleistocene of north-western France, Fécamp (Seine-Maritime, France) and St Erth (Cornwall, United Kingdom), Geodiversitas 45 (1), pp. 1-53 : 44

Verulagena similis ( McCulloch, 1977) , n. comb. ( Figs 26 N-P; 27A; 33M, N)

Lagena similis McCulloch, 1977: 95 , pl. 32, fig. 22 (non fig. 24).

LOCALITY. — La Bouillonnaie (Maine-et-Loire).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample: la Bouillonnaie, 14.50 m ( MNHN.F.F67718); sample: la Bouillonnaie, 14.50 m ( MNHN.F.F67768), 2 specimens.

AGE. — Early Pliocene.

DESCRIPTION

Test ovoid ornamented with costae (12) in lower part and tapering to oral end ornamented with short ridges, flat ring at aboral end; wall smooth finely perforate; aperture rounded; aboral end structure.

Figures

FIG. 26. — A-F, Malumella suboblonga n. gen.,n.sp.,holotype,la Bouillonnaie (MNHN.F.F67714),oral and basal views;C-F, paratype,la Bouillonnaie (MNHN.F.F67715): C, lateral view; D, perforated wall; E, F, oral and basal views; G-I, Malumella sp., SSL (MNHN.F.F67716), lateral, oral and basal views; J-M, Pygmaeoseistron hispidulum (Cushman, 1913), Fécamp (MNHN.F.F67717) in lateral, oral and basal views; N-P, Verulagena similis (McCulloch, 1977), n. comb., La Bouillonnaie (MNHN.F.F67718): N, lateral view; O, perforated wall; P, oral view. Scale bars: A, B, E, F, H, I, L, M, P, 100 µm; C, G, J, N, 200 µm; D, O, 5 µm; K, 20 µm.