STRICTOCOSTELLA Patterson, 1987

 

 

Type species: Ellipsonodosaria modesta Bermúdez var. prolata Cushman and Bermúdez, 1937 (*8071, p. 109; OD.Strictocostella Patterson. 1987(^*2370), p_. 141.Test uniserial and rectilinear, circular in section, chambers inflated, strongly overlap-ping, final chamber appearing pyriform and tapering to the aperture; wall calcareous, hyaline, nonperforate, surface longitudinally costate, the costae continuous from chamber to chamber but commonly dying out on the final chamber: aperture terminal, rounded, bordered by a phialine lip, with a denticulate margin, and one large tooth projecting far­ther into the opening. Eocene to Holocene: Cuba: Atlantic.