Ostracoda taxon details
original description
Hornibrook, N. deB. (1953). Some New Zealand tertiary marine Ostracoda usefull in stratigraphy. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 81, 303-311. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Description "Carapace of medium size, strongly inflated, subrectangular; walls moderately thick and heavy; anterior margin broadly rounded; lower half of posterior margin projecting ventrally and bearing four strong, blunt denticulations; dorsal and ventral margins straight and parallel; shell strongly alate with a well-developed ventro-lateral keel and distinct subcentral tubercle; ornament consisting of an obscurely radiate pattern of fine reticulate ridges; a distinct eye tubercle at the antero-dorsal angle." (Hornibrook, 1953: 309)
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Remark "Distinguished by the subrectangular, strongly alate shell with a distinct subeentral tubercle, obscurely radiate reticulate surface pattern, and spined denticulate posterior margin." (Hornibrook, 1953: 309) [details]
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