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



Bolivinita pliobliqua Vella

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.159, not illustrated.

Synonymy: 1963, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. geol.2(1): 7, 8, pl. 1, fig. 12, 13.

Description: Distinctly more rhomboid in section than pliozea.

Distribution: Deeper water than B. pliozea.

Comment: Vella considers that different species of Bolivinita had different depth ranges and he proposed the name B. pliobliqua for a form which he described as distinctly more rhomboid in section than pliozea, with a preference for deeper water.


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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