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



Ruakituria mahoenuica (Finlay)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 22.4: 1.00 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.99, Fig. 22:4.

Synonymy: 1939, Matanzia mahoenuica Finlay, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 314;

1967, R. pseudorobusta, Kennett, NZ. jl. geol. geophys 10(4): 994, 995, fig. 12-15.

Description: Large, stout, oval in section, initial whorl four or five chambers, becoming triserial then mainly biserial; chambers with internal vertical partitions; aperture a vertical slit at base of chamber.

Distribution: Bortonian to Opoitian.

Comment: The specimen figured here is a paratype of R. pseudorobusta.


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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