 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 16.12a-b (Holotype): 0.79 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.89, Fig. 16:12a-b (Holotype).
Synonymy: 1961, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34:163, pl. 25, fig. 493, 494, 501.
Description: Early formed part of test distinctly domed on uncoiled side, later chambers more spreading and flattened with a distinct peripheral rim. Aperture with a distinct lip, extending over the periphery and back along the spiral suture; 8-9 chambers in last whorl.
Distribution: Waipawan to Kaiatan.
Comment: Predecessor to C. thiara and distinguished by its delicate, more depressed test with more compressed periphery.
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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