GNS Science Manual of New Zealand
Permian to Pleistocene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy


Key species of New Zealand fossil foraminifera:
descriptions from
"Manual of New Zealand Permian to Pleistocene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy" by Hornibrook, Brazier and Strong, 1989



Valvulineria teuriensis Loeblich & Tappan



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11.18a-b (Holotype): 0.74 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.51, Fig. 11:18a-b (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1939, Rotomorphina cushmani, Finlay, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 325, pl. 28, figs 130-133;

1964, Valvulineria teuriensis Loeblich and Tappan, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (C), Protista 2(2): 587, fig. 462 (8a, b, c);

1966, V. teuriensis, Webb: 234-236, pl. 9, figs 7a, b;

1970, Webb, N.Z. Jl. Geol. Geophys. 13(3): 663-675, fig. 1, table 3;

1971, Webb. Ibid. 14(4): 795-828.

Description: Trochospiral, umbilicate, smooth, moderately inflated, 5 to 6 chambers in last whorl, periphery broadly rounded, ventral side more strongly convex, aperture extends from periphery to umbilicus, covered by a broad flap.

Distribution: Haumurian to Teurian.


Cite this publication as: "Strong CP, Raine JI, Terezow M. 2018. Key species of New Zealand fossil foraminifera: descriptions from "Manual of New Zealand Permian to Pleistocene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy" by Hornibrook, Brazier and Strong, 1989. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science. (GNS Science miscellaneous series; 123)."
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