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Faujasina carinata d'Orbigny, 1839
Description Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 795, Figs. 1-7: Plio-Pleistocene. 1-3, Probably Plio-Pleistocene, although recorded as Maastrichtian; 4, 7, Pliocene, St. Erth, Cornwall, England; 5, 6, Bosq-d'Aubigny, Dept. Manche, France. 1-3, Spiral side, face view and umbilical side of lectotype (MNHN, Paris), x 39; 4, umbilical side of microspheric test x 120; 5, spiral side of megalospheric test, x 120; 6, apertural view of microspheric test, x 150; 7, umbilical side of megalospheric test x 120 (1-3, from Loeblich and Tappan, 1964; 4-7, from Margerel, 1971).
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