Order Spumellaria

Family Pyloniidae

Dipylissa bensoni Dumitrica (Figure 15.83). Shell fomed by three systems of globular caps, in optical section appearing as oval concentric subhemispheres interconnected by numerous thin radial beams. Major diameter: 90-120 µm. Ref: Dumitrica (1988).

 

Octopyle stenozona group? Haeckel (Figure 2L, 2M; 15.80) [=Tetrapyle octacantha]. Shells with two systems of latticed girdles (as described for the diagnosis of the family, see above) and large gates (Figure 2L, 2M). Major diameter: 100-250 µm. Ref: Nigrini and Moore (1979).

 

Phorticium clevei (Jorgensen) (Figure 2L, 15.82) [=Phorticium pylonium]. Generally resembling O. stenozona, except that central part is a large structure formed by a series of spirally arranged chambers. Major axis of shell: 150-200 µm. Ref: Petrushevskaya (1967).

 

Pylolena armata Haeckel group? (Figure 15.81) [=?Hexapyle spp.]. A central pyloniid shell surrounded by three centrifugally radiating girdles whose distal ends join forming a trigonal outline; this structure may be surrounded by supplementary growth in the form of a spherical latticed test. Diameter of fully developed shell: ca. 150 µm. Ref: Nigrini and Moore (1979).