Description of the species M. aff M. areolata.

Manicina n. sp. aff M. areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Photograph: Scale bar is approx. 5 mm. Image is of CCD 2050.

Synonyms: None.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: meandroid (usually a single

continuous valley)

Colony Shape: massive

Colony Size:

Colony Attachment:

Budding Type: intramural

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Columella Structure: trabecular and continuous

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Distribution:

Early Pliocene: Gurabo and Mao Formations, Dominican Republic.

early Late Pliocene: Bowden Formation, Jamaica.

late Late Pliocene: Old Pera Beds, Jamaica.