Verulagena partecostata Margerel 2023, n. gen., n. sp.

Verulagena partecostata n. gen., n. sp. (Figs 28 G-P; 34D, G) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2C682922-51FD-429C-9849-53B3128DC706 HOLOTYPE. — Sample: SSL S3, 2.30 m (MNHN.F.F67725). PARATYPES. — Two paratypes: sample: SSL S3, 2.30 m (MNHN.F.F67726, F67727). DIAGNOSIS. — Test ovoid ornamented in part with costae, neck ornamented at oral end with ridges. TYPE AGE. — Early Pliocene. TYPE LOCALITY. — Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes (Loire-Atlantique). ETYMOLOGY. — From Latin partim (in part) and costa (costae). OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Sample: la Pugle, 9.00 m (MNHN.F.F67772), 13 specimens; sample: la Chênelière, 17.00 m (MNHN.F.F67773), 13 specimens. SIZE. — Length = 0.550 mm; diameter = 0.230 mm. OCCURENCE. — Marls from la Pugle and la Chênelière (Maine-etLoire) and marls from SSL (Loire-Atlantique). DESCRIPTION Test ovoid ornamented with costae (14) below midpoint, tapering to oral end ornamented with short ridges, flat ring at aboral end; wall hyaline, perforate particularly adjacent to costae; aperture rounded; 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 44, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a1, http://zenodo.org/record/769342