Lagena apiculata (REUSS, 1850)

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 32-33

Lagena apiculata (REUSS, 1850)

Pl. II, fig. 4

1850. Oolina apiculata REUSS , p. 6, pl. 1, fig. 1.

1956. Lagena apiculata (REUSS) .- SAID & KENAWY, p. 136, pl. 3, fig. 8.

1985. Lagena apiculata (REUSS) .- LUGER, p. 80, pl. 4, fig. 4.

Remarks: It is characterized by a rounded and smooth test.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Sudr Chalk and the Esna Shale by SAID & KENAWY (1956). It

is recorded in the Maastrichtian and the Paleocene of the Esh El Mallaha area.