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Talpinella cunicularia Baumfalk, Fortuin & Mok, 1982
Description Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 711, Figs. 1-6: U. Cretaceous; 1, 3, 5, 6, U. Campanian, Aubeterre, Charente, France; 2, 4, Maastrichtian, ENCI Quarry, Maastricht, Netherlands. 1, Oblique view of distinctly perforate apertural face and spiral side of paratype showing equatorial aperture that extends to the umbilicus, x 310; 2, 4, specimen anchored by spines within its boring in the orbitoid, spines shown clearly in upper part of fig. 2, x 130, and enlargement of spines, x 1300; 3, extemal morphology of unattached involute side of paratype showing coarsely perforate wall, x 110; 5, specimen 184 Plate 712 with strongly inflated chambers that originate both from final coiled chamber and earlier ones, showing infilling of the chambers of the host Orbitoides, x 190; 6, final growth stage showing a network of tonguelike chambers, x 40 ( 1, 3, 5, 6, from Baumfalk et al., 1982; 2, 4, from Baumfalk and Nijholt, 1984).
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added on 2023-12-0419 viewsForaminifera taxaDigital photo, entire species Talpinella cunicularia Baumfalk, Fortuin & Mok, 1982 †checked Le Coze, François 2023-12-04
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