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Bolivinita Cushman, 1927

415124  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415124)

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Cushman, J. A. (1927). American Upper Cretaceous species of Bolivina and related species. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 2(4): 85-91., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/2cclfr4.pdf
page(s): p. 90 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivinita Cushman, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415124 on 2024-04-23
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original description Cushman, J. A. (1927). American Upper Cretaceous species of Bolivina and related species. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 2(4): 85-91., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/2cclfr4.pdf
page(s): p. 90 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Diagnosis Test elongate, cuneiform in outline, compressed, sides flat, margins truncate and flaring in the microspheric generation, slowly diverging to subparallel in the megalospheric one, angles carinate, proloculus commonly apiculate, chambers of somewhat greater breadth than height, biserial in arrangement, sutures oblique, flush on the flat sides, slightly indented on the margins; wall calcareous, thin, optically radial, perforate, completely covered with fine pores but with some interspersed larger ones, surface smooth, slightly nodose or with a few short longitudinal ribs in the early stage, secondary calcite encrustation may form a thin veneer or may be localized as domelike mounds around the pores; aperture basal, elliptical, extending up the apertural face, one margin bending inward to form a folded toothplate that extends back to the previous foramen, free part of the toothplate narrow and projecting through the aperture, continuing as a rim bordering the opening. M. Miocene to Holocene; Atlantic; Pacific; Inda-Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]