 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 16.10 (Holotype): 2.1 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.102, Fig. 16:10 (Holotype).
Synonymy: 1947, NZ. jl. Sci. Tech. B28(5): 272, pl. 9, fig. 150-152.
Description: Test begins with a half coil followed by about 6 rectilinear chambers, sutures medially translucent, gently curved; a distinct, peripheral keel, test typically glossy, compressed in section, and tending to taper towards the final chambers.
Comparison: Distinguished from V. marshalli by the narrower test with fewer chambers.
Distribution: Porangan to Kaiatan.
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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