Malumella oblonga Margerel 2023, n. gen., n. sp.

Malumella oblonga n. gen., n. sp. (Figs 25 A-M; 33K, L) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 3319974D-713F-4671-8D37-41DCCE036731 HOLOTYPE. — Sample: Mernel S212, 5.50 m (MNHN.F.F67711). PARATYPES. — Two paratypes: Sample: Auxais T 47, 12-14 m (MNHN.F.F67712); sample:Mernel S212, 5.50 m (MNHN.F.F67713). DIAGNOSIS. — Test ovoid ornamented with numerous costae, aboral end granular; conical reticulate neck. TYPE AGE. — Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene. TYPE LOCALITY. — Mernel (Ille-et-Vilaine). ETYMOLOGY. — From Latin oblongus (oblong). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample: la Groussinière S17, 21.70- 19.20 m (MNHN.F.F6766), 6 specimens. SIZE. — Length = 0.545 mm; diameter = 0.225 mm. OCCURENCE. — Falun from Mernel (Ille-et-Vilaine) and marls from Auxais (Manche). DESCRIPTION Test ovoid ornamented with costae (19), aboral end granular; neck conical surrounded with chamberlets closed with perforate wall and hexagonal ornamentation; wall hyaline, densely perforate; aperture rounded with a small radiate lip; aboral end structure.Published as part of Margerel, Jean-Pierre, 2023, The species of Lageninae Brady, 1881 (Foraminifera) from the Pliocene-Early Pleistocene of north-western France, Fécamp (Seine-Maritime, France) and St Erth (Cornwall, United Kingdom), pp. 1-53 in Geodiversitas 45 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a1, http://zenodo.org/record/769342