 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11. 5a-b: 1.0 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.48, Fig. 11: 5a-b.
Synonymy: 1898, Spiroplecta spectabilis, Rozpr, Akad. Um (mat.-przyr.) Krakau, 33, (Ser. 2, vol. 13): 293, pl. 12, fig. 12,
1939, Bolivinopsis spectabilis Finlay, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 68: 536-537;
1966, Webb: 148-151, text fig. 53a-1;
1971, Webb, N.Z. Jl. Geol. Geophys. 14(4): 795- 828 (Spiroplectammina, Spiroplectoides).
Description: Siliceous small; elongate, biserial; a minute coil in microspheric form, large in megalospheric; gently tapering or with parallel sides; aperture a simple slit at base of last chamber.
Comparison: Broader and shorter than B. cubensis and much larger than B. compta..
Distribution: Haumurian to Teurian.
Comment: B. clotho and B. brevis of Grzybowski and B. grzybowskii (Frizzell) are probably variants of B. spectabilis..
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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