• Globigerinoides parawoodi Keller 1981 (partim, not holotype):pl. 4, figs. 1-3, 9-11 [lower Miocene Zone N4, DSDP Site 292, northwestern Pacific Ocean].—Spezzaferri, 1994:pl. 13, figs. 6a-c [lower Miocene Subzone M1b, DSDP Hole 516F, South Atlantic Ocean].

The holotype of G. parawoodi Keller is here placed in synonymy with G. italicus. However, we consider the paratype of G. parawoodi (USNM 307090) as a distinct species, and is here erected as G. neoparawoodi (Article 23 and 72.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature). Chaisson and Leckie (1993) considered forms very similar to G. neoparawoodi, deriving from G. woodi (and named G. parawoodi) as possible ecophenotypes of G. woodi rather than a separate species. However, since these morphologies are clearly distinguished within the variability of the genus at the beginning of its range we retain them as a separate species. [Spezzaferri et al. 2018]

Globigerinoides neoparawoodi strongly differs from the holotype of G. parawoodi Keller (here considered a junior synonym of G. italicus) by having a more lobate profile and a higher arched and circular centered umbilical aperture, rather than an oblique and drop-like arch (higher than wide). It differs from G. altiaperturus by the lower arched primary and supplementary apertures and by the more lobate profile. It differs from G. bollii by its more lobate profile and wider primary aperture. It differs from G. joli n. sp. by its more compact outline and by lacking the thick rim bordering the primary aperture. It differs from T. quadrilobatus and T. primordius by its ruber/sacculifer-type wall texture and by having a higher arched primary aperture bordered by a rim, which is lacking in T. quadrilobatus and tends to the peripheral margin in T. primordius. [Spezzaferri et al. 2018]

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