Late Neogene Lophophaenidae (Nassellaria, Radiolaria) from the eastern equatorial Pacific Author Trubovitz, Sarah Author Renaudie, Johan Author Lazarus, David Author Noble, Paula text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-04 5160 1 1 158 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5160.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5160.1.1 1175­5334 10544058 A9179C79-EE43-44E4-8723-919505500049 Lithomelissa sp. D Plate 16, Figs. 8A–B . Lithomelissa sp 1 , Trubovitz et al., 2020 , supplementary data 7. Remarks. This species has a compressed, asymmetrical cephalis, which is longer than it is wide. It differs from L. ehrenbergi (Pl. 15, Figs. 7A–C ) in that it does not have an extended neck, and differs from L. mitra (Pl. 15, Figs. 4A – 6 ) in that cephalis is not round. The large, framed pores differentiate this species from L. alkonost n. sp. (Pl. 16, Figs. 1A – 7B ) and L. sirin n. sp. (Pl. 17, Figs. 1 –11B). Thus, this species does not seem to fit in any of the species categories for far described, but here we leave it in open nomenclature until a better understanding of its variability can be reached. Material examined. 15 specimens observed from samples 321-1337A-16H- 6, 121–124cm (Late Miocene), 321-1337A-10H-2, 91–94cm (Early Pliocene), 321-1337A-7H- 6, 104–107cm (Early Pliocene), 321-1337A-6H-3, 29–32cm (Late Pliocene), 321-1337A-4H-2, 16–19cm (Middle Pleistocene), 321-1337A-3H- 2, 103–106cm (Middle Pleistocene), 321-1337A-2H-3, 76–79cm (Late Pleistocene). Range. Late Miocene—Pleistocene, EEP ( Table 1 ).