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Foraminifera taxon detailsRotorbinella lepida McCulloch, 1977
 490064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490064)
accepted
Species
marine,
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
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Original description Test free, calcareous, planoconvex to slightly biconvex, a low trochoid form with a narrowly rounded, lobulate periphery;...
Original description Test free, calcareous, planoconvex to slightly biconvex, a low trochoid form with a narrowly rounded, lobulate periphery; wall highly polished, finely perforate, smooth; prolocular chamber and first whorl of small chambers completely embedded in translucent shell taking on form of small round opaque circles; two other whorls smooth, perforated uniformly for second whorl then prominently perforated only on outer half of last formed whorl of six chambers; sutures distinct, slightly depressed marginally, curved and otherwise flush, narrow, opaque lines or heavy, hyaline structures centrally; ventrally six peripheral chambers increasing in size gradually and symmetrically, uniformly perforated, hyaline marginally; last formed chamber showing shallow umbilical flap indented basally on each side, posterior one more prominent, other chambers with similar structures more prominent, one marking a reentrant; central area closed by a well developed, flat, hyaline umbilical plug of shell; primary aperture along base of last formed chamber. Size: .290 x .332 x .I60 mm. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Rotorbinella lepida McCulloch, 1977. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490064 on 2025-05-21
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original description
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
[request] Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Original description Test free, calcareous, planoconvex to slightly biconvex, a low trochoid form with a narrowly rounded, lobulate periphery; wall highly polished, finely perforate, smooth; prolocular chamber and first whorl of small chambers completely embedded in translucent shell taking on form of small round opaque circles; two other whorls smooth, perforated uniformly for second whorl then prominently perforated only on outer half of last formed whorl of six chambers; sutures distinct, slightly depressed marginally, curved and otherwise flush, narrow, opaque lines or heavy, hyaline structures centrally; ventrally six peripheral chambers increasing in size gradually and symmetrically, uniformly perforated, hyaline marginally; last formed chamber showing shallow umbilical flap indented basally on each side, posterior one more prominent, other chambers with similar structures more prominent, one marking a reentrant; central area closed by a well developed, flat, hyaline umbilical plug of shell; primary aperture along base of last formed chamber. Size: .290 x .332 x .I60 mm. [details]
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