Hegleria Nazarov & Ormiston, 1985 sensu Noble & Jin (2010)

Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O’Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, Geodiversitas 39 (3), pp. 419-502 : 483

Hegleria Nazarov & Ormiston, 1985 sensu Noble & Jin (2010)

Hegleria Nazarov & Ormiston, 1985: 22 . — Noble & Jin 2010: 142.

TYPE SPECIES. — Hegleria mammifera Nazarov & Ormiston, 1985 ( Nazarov & Ormiston 1985: 22, pl. 6, fig. 3-5, junior synonym of Hegleria mammilla Sheng & Wang, 1985 ); Noble & Jin 2010: 142.

AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Guadalupian (Upper Permian), Lamar Limestone, West Texas, USA.

TAXON CODE. — 270.

STATUS. — Valid.

DIAGNOSIS. — As with subfamily “Spongentactiniines with three spongy shells, of which the outer bears numerous orderly arranged, raised mammae with hairlike cylindrical central spinules. Multiple internal rays (at least 12) connect the shells. Internal spicule not presently known” ( Nazarov & Ormiston 1985: 22).

REMARKS

This genus was originally placed within the Entactinaria and thought to have an internal spicule. Noble & Jin (2010), based on a re-examination of recollected material from the type locality, emended the diagnosis describing the shell as spherical to globular with a doubled spongy medullary shell and a multi-layered spongy cortical shell.