Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002

Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002

Fig. 10G, H.

1990 Droltus (?) sp.; De Wever et al. 1990: pl. 4: 6.

1998 Droltus sp. ; Kashiwagi 1998: pl. 1: 12; pl. 2: 2, 3.

2001 Droltus galerus Suzuki, 1995 ; Gawlick et al. 2001: fig. 5: 14.

2002 Droltus sanignacioensis sp. nov.; Whalen and Carter 2002: 116, pl. 10: 7, 8. 15.

2003 Parahsuum sp. ; Kashiwagi and Kurimoto 2003: pl. 3: 5.

2006 Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002 ; Goričan et al. 2006: 140, pl. DRO08: 1–7.

2011 Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002 ; Yeh 2011: 8, pl. 2: 7–13.

Material.—Sample Rö37: stub Rö37_3 ( two specimens); sample Rö416: stub Rö416_2 ( two specimens); sample

Rö417: stub Rö417 ( three specimens), Mount Rettenstein , Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, Lower Pliensbachian .

Remarks.— Droltus galerus Suzuki, 1995 illustrated in Gawlick et al. (2001) is here assigned to Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter. Droltus galerus as defined by Suzuki (1995) has a shorter test and the pore frames on the distal half of the test are not aligned in rows.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Lower Pliensbachian Carter et al. 2010). Haida Gwaii ( British Columbia, Canada), Baja California Sur, Northern Calcareous Alps ( Austria), Oman, Japan. Bajocian of east-central Oregon, USA ( Yeh 2011).