NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America 

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Jugosocythereis pannosa (Brady, 1869)

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SEM Photograph: (Borne and Cronin, ms, pl. 3, fig. 3) Scale is 0.08 mm. (Locality CJ89-35-01: Santa Eduviges Subdivision, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Moin Formation). Left valve, female.

Morphologic Description: A species with high crested system of median ridges and heavy recticulation, pronounced dorsal and ventral ridges.

Holotype: Hancock Museum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, U.K. (Colon Harbor, Panama, Recent).

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pleistocene: Jamaica.
• Pliocene to Pleistocene: Dominican Republic.
• Recent: Trinidad, Venezuela, Panama, Belize, Alcran Reef, The Flower Garden Bank, Florida, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Belize (carbonate platform).