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Spiroloculina planissima samoaensis [bicarinate specimens?]
Spiroloculina planissima samoaensis [bicarinate specimens?]
Description Image source: Cushman, J.A. 1932. The Foraminifera of the Tropical Pacific Collections of the ”Albatross”. Part I. Astrorhizidae to Trochamminidae. Bull. U.S. Nation. Mus 161: vi+88 pp.+17 pls.

Remark: Figured specimens are bicarinate while the original diagnosis indicates that the variety differs only from S. planissima by the ornementation. S. planissima develops a thin keel according to Cushman (1924).
Author Cedhagen, Tomas JPG file - 265.84 kB - 414 x 848 pixels added on 2011-09-21264 viewsWoRMS taxa Spiroloculina planissima var. samoaensis Cushman, 1924 accepted as Spiroloculina samoaensis Cushman, 1924checked Le Coze, François 2025-01-15
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