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



Allomorphina conica Cushman & Todd



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 15.18: 0.65 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.84, Fig. 15:18.

Synonymy: 1947, Allomorphina trochoides, Finlay & Marwick, N.Z. jl. sci. techno B28(4): 230, 231;

1949, A. conica, Cushman & Todd, Contr. Cushman Lab. foram. res. 25(3): 62, pl. 11, fig. 8.

Description: Calcareous, smooth, conical, trochospiral, triserial; aperture with a small lip.

Distribution: Teurian to Heretaunga.

Comment: Several other species of Allomorphina occur in the New Zealand Cenozoic.


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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