Lithomelissa mitra Bütschli, 1882

Trubovitz, Sarah, Renaudie, Johan, Lazarus, David & Noble, Paula, 2022, Late Neogene Lophophaenidae (Nassellaria, Radiolaria) from the eastern equatorial Pacific, Zootaxa 5160 (1), pp. 1-158 : 45

Lithomelissa mitra Bütschli, 1882

Plate 15, Figs. 4A – 6 .

Lithomelissa mitra n. sp., Bütschli, 1882, pl. 33, fig. 24.

Lithomelissa mitra Bütschli, Haeckel, 1887, p. 1204 –1205 [not figured].

Lithomelissa mitra Bütschli, Petrushevskaya, 1971 , pl. 44, figs. 1–2.

Remarks. Bütschli (1882) was the first to name and illustrate this species. In 1887, Haeckel provided a more detailed description but no additional illustrations. The specimens we observed compare favorably with the few specimens that have been previously illustrated.

Range. Late Miocene—Late Pliocene, EEP ( Table 1 ).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Examples of specimen measurements discussed in the Systematic Paleontology section of this study.

FIGURE 6. Internal skeletal structure of Arachnocorallium calvata (Haeckel, 1887) Petrushevskaya, 1971.