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



Citharina plumoides (Plummer)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11.19: 1.26 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.48, Fig. 11:19.

Synonymy: 1927, Vaginulina plumoides, Univ. Texas Bull. 2644: 113, pl. 6, fig. 6;

1939, Planularia whangaia, Finlay, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 317, pl. 26, fig. 63-65;

1966, Citharina plumoides, Webb: 207-209, pl. 4, figs 10, 13, 14, text-fig. 57a-n;

1968, Citharina whangaia Hornibrook: 47, fig. 5;

1970, Webb, NZ. Jl. Geol. Geophys. 13(3): 663-675, fig. 1, table 3.

Description: Calcareous; flattened, roughly triangular, weakly striated; chambers long and narrow, steeply inclined, expanding rapidly in a compressed series.

Distribution: Upper Haumurian to Teurian.


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)."
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