Foraminifera taxon details
Rotorbinella lepida McCulloch, 1977
490064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490064)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Rotorbinella lepida McCulloch, 1977. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490064 on 2024-04-26
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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]
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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]