 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 23.25: 0.37 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.95, Fig. 23:25.
Synonymy: 1881, Bolivina karreriana, Quart. jl. microsc. sci. n.s. 21: 58.
Description: Distinguished by the inflated biserial form with lobulate chambers, longitudinal ribs, often with an apical spine, and rimmed aperture.
Distribution: Hawera Series.
Comment: Common in the Pacific from very shallow to bathyal depths and especially around New Zealand. Present in the marine Hawera Series at Te Piki near Cape Runaway. Present in Pliocene rocks in the north Pacific and appears to have reached the southwest Pacific only in the Late Pleistocene. Also recorded as Coryphostoma karreriana from the Pleistocene of Italy (1982, Foraminifera Padani 2nd ed., pl. 31, fig. 10, Agip Minereria).
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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