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Current identification/main database link: Pterocodon apis Ehrenberg 1873
Original Description
[Smooth, three-segmented; cephalis porous, with a long spine. Second segment subglobose, with two curved lateral spines, and with many small, unequal pores. Third segment short, a little broader, with similar pores, and a wide, entire aperture. Total length without spines 56 µ, of cephalis 15 µ, of second segment 15 µ, of third segment 23 µ, of frontal horn 26 µ, of lateral spines 31 µ. Maximum width 35 µ. Approx. 4 pores in 23 µ. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: Latin apis -is = bee
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1873a). Grössere Felsproben des Polycystinen-Mergels von Barbados mit weiteren Erläuterungen. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1873: 213-263. gs Ehrenberg, C. G. (1876). Forsetzung der Mikrogeologischen Studien als Gesammt Ubersicht der mikroskopischen Palaontologie gleichartig analysierter Gebiegsarten der Erde, mit specieller Rucksicht aus den Polycystinen Mergel von Barbados. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Kl. 1875: 1-226. gsReferences:
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