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 mitra Bütschli, 1882 Plate 15, Figs. 4A – 6 . Lithomelissa mitra n. sp. , Bütschli, 1882 , pl. 33, fig. 24. Lithomelissa mitra Bütschli, Haeckel, 1887 , p. 1204 –1205 [not figured]. Lithomelissa mitra Bütschli, Petrushevskaya, 1971 , pl. 44, figs. 1–2. Remarks. Bütschli (1882) was the first to name and illustrate this species. In 1887, Haeckel provided a more detailed description but no additional illustrations. The specimens we observed compare favorably with the few specimens that have been previously illustrated. Range. Late Miocene—Late Pliocene, EEP ( Table 1 ).