Foraminifera name details

Rotalia convexa LeRoy, 1953 †

899256  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:899256)

 unaccepted (Opinion of Said and Kenawy (1956))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
LeRoy, L. W. (1953). Biostratigraphy of the Maqfi section, Egypt. <em>Geological Society of America Memoirs.</em> 54: 1-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/MEM54-p1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Rotalia convexa LeRoy, 1953 †. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=899256 on 2024-03-28
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original description LeRoy, L. W. (1953). Biostratigraphy of the Maqfi section, Egypt. <em>Geological Society of America Memoirs.</em> 54: 1-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/MEM54-p1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em>  [details]   
From editor or global species database
Original description Test medium, dorsal side flat; ventral side strongly convex, irregularly umbilicate, masses of clear shell material distributed around margin of umbilical depression; chambers distinct, about 10 in last-formed whorl, last 2 or 3 only slightly inflated, increasing slightly in size as added; ventral sutures straight, flush with surface except for last 2 or 3 which are slightly depressed; dorsal sutures distinct, curved, nonelevated; periphery subacute, nonlobulate; wall moderately perforate, rough; aperture elongate, at base of last chamber. Diameter 0.43-0.47 mm.; thickness 0.24 mm.  [details]