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



Gavelinella beccariiformis (White)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11.17: 0.44 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.49, Fig. 11:17.

Synonymy: 1928, Rotalia beccariiformis, Jl. Paleont. 2: 287, pl. 39, fig. 2;

1940, Gyroidina infrafossa Finlay, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(4): 462, pl. 66, figs. 181-183;

1966, Gavelinella infrafossa Webb: 270-272, pl. 12, figs 6a-c;

1970, G. beccariiformis. N.Z. Jl. Geol. Geophys. 13(3): 663-675, fig. 1, table 3;

1971, Webb, Ibid 14(4): 795-828.

Description: Trochospiral, spiral side evolute, fairly smooth and flatter than ventral side which is umbilicate with small apertural flaps and has radiating channels and coarse pores giving the test its very characteristic appearance.

Distribution: 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)."
ISSN 1172-2886, ISBN 978-1-98-853088-8, DOI 10.21420/G2M63W.

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