 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 18.1 (Topotype): 1.66 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.96, Fig. 18:1 (Topotype).
Synonymy: 1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. n.z. 69(1): 96, pl. 14, fig. 80, 81) (Listerella, Schenkiella).
Description: Large, elongate, cylindrical, club-shaped, often bent; initially triserial followed by several biserial and then uniserial chambers. Aperture in a terminal spout. Size of uniserial relative to early stages is variable.
Distribution: Common in deeper water assemblages from Arnold to Taranaki Series.
Comment: The much smaller and thinner M. levis (Finlay, 1939) is present in the Dannevirke and Lower Arnold Series.
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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