Reticulofenestra pelycomorpha

Coccolithus pelycomorphus Reinhardt, 1966a

Reticulofenestra pelycomorphus (Reinhardt, 1966a) Perch-Nielsen, 1985; Invalid ICN Art. 41.5

Length: 12.0µm

Large [10.0 - 14.0 µm], elliptical species of Reiculofenestra Hay, Mohler & Wade (1966) having distinctly wide tube cycle.

Reticulofenestra pelycomorpha differs from similar-sized Reticulofenestra caucasica Hay, Mohler & Wade (1966) by having a very wide tube cycle.

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Hay, W. W., Mohler, H. P. & Wade, M. E. 1966. Calcareous nannofossils from Nal'chik (northwest Caucasus). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59: 379-399.

Perch-Nielsen, K. 1985. Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils. In: Bolli, H. M., Saunders, J. B. & Perch-Nielsen, K. (Eds): Plankton Stratigraphy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 427-555.

Reinhardt, P. 1966a. Fossile Vertreter coronoider und styloider Coccolithen (Family Coccolithaceae Poche 1913). Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 8: 513-524.