 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 30.7a-c: |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.130, Fig. 30:7a-c.
Synonymy: 1839 Foraminiferes des Iles Canaries in Barker-Webb, P. and Berthelot, S., Hist. naturelle des Iles Canaries-Paris; Bethune, vol. 2, (2): Zool. p. 131, pl. 1, fig. 34-36;
not G. hirsuta of Jenkins, 1971, N. Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull 42: pl. 4, fig. 111-116;
1982, Hornibrook, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 25(1): Fig. 7m-o;
1983, Hayward, N.Z. jl. Zool. 10(1): 68, fig. 4, G-l.
Description: Large, strongly convex dorsally flat to gently convex ventrally, 4 chambers in final whorl increasing rapidly in size, surfaces pustulose, spiral side sutures strongly recurved; aperture a low slit. Coiling is predominantly dextral.
Distribution: Pleistocene.
Comment: Occurs in uppermost Pleistocene in DSDP Site 284 on the Challenger Plateau and is a very recent immigrant to the S. W. Pacific.
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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