TAXONOMIC NOTE

It has been noted that the genus name of the foraminifer Pytine Moncharmont Zei and Sgarella, 1978, p. 2 (Type species Pytine parthenopeia Moncharmont Zei and Sgarrella, 1978), is preoccupied by the trilobite genus name Pytine Fortey, 1975, p. 89 (type species Pytine graia, Fortey, 1975) (see Figure 1). Moncharmontzeiana is proposed as a replacement. The new name is derived from the Latin, -ana, indicating a connection, in honor of the Italian micropaleontologist M. Moncharmont Zei.