 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 26.19a-b: 0.45 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.126, Fig. 26:19a-b.
Synonymy: 1966, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 8(6): 1098, fig. 6, no. 43-51;
1971, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 140, pl. 15, fig. 433-441.
Description: Test low trochospiral, with four well separated globular chambers rapidly increasing in size in the final whorl. Aperture a high rounded, circular arch with a thick lip, situated in a large open umbilicus.
Comparison: Distinguished from G. woodi by the more nearly circular aperture. and faster rate of increase of chamber size.
Distribution: Duntroonian? Waitakian. Lower part of range somewhat uncertain because of its similarity to G. labiacrassata.
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)."
ISSN 1172-2886, ISBN 978-1-98-853088-8,
DOI 10.21420/G2M63W.
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