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Decastroia razini Vicedo & Serra-Kiel, 2011
Description Vicedo, V.; Serra-Kiel, J. (2011). Decastroia razini n. gen. n. sp. – A new alveolinacean (foraminifera) from the Cenomanian of Socotra Island (Yemen). GeoArabia. 16(3): 17-26.page(s): p. 22, figs. 6-8 (holotype fig. 6.9).
Fig. 6: (1) Partially broken axial section of a megalospheric specimen.
(2) Oblique-centered section close to axial plane of a megalospheric specimen. Last whorl partially
dissolved. Note medullar chamberlets appearing in the third whorl.
(3 and 4) Oblique-centered sections close to axial plane of megalospheric specimens. Note cortical
chamberlets appearing in the first whorl.
(5 and 6) Axial sections of juvenile, megalospheric specimens.
(7) Detail of early whorls in an adult megalospheric specimen. Note the short flexostyle.
(8) Oblique section of a microspheric (?) specimen. Shell partially dissolved.
(9) Slightly oblique axial section of megalospheric specimen. Note the difference in size between
cortical and medullar chamberlets and subglobular shell-shape.
(10) Oblique-centered section of microspheric specimen. Note the poorly preserved glomerulus.
Abbreviations: a = aperture; cch = cortical chamberlet; E = embryo; f = flexostyle; flo = floor;
mch = medullar chamberlet; G = glomerulus; prp = preseptal space; s = septum; sl = septulum PNG file - 1.01 MB - 629 x 937 pixels added on 2025-06-2712 viewsWoRMS taxa Decastroia razini Vicedo & Serra-Kiel, 2011 †checked Le Coze, François 2025-06-27
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