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Planorbulinopsis parasita Banner, 1971
Description Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 646, Figs. 3-7: Holocene, Papua New Guinea, Coral Sea. 3, Paratype, embedded in host Alveolinella quoyi that has overgrown the peripheral margins of the parasite, x 62; 4, 5, two umbilical views of holotype, after being disengaged from the host, x 200; 6, side view of holotype showing original depth of boring into host, x 180; 7, perforation in host left after parasitic test has been removed, x 70 (from Banner, 1971).
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