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Sphaerammina ovalis Cushman, 1910
Description Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 52, Figs. 8-12: Holocene, Pacific, Albatross Sta. D 5236, Philippines. 8, Apertural outlines of different specimens showing variation in size of opening and modifications of apertural tooth, x 22; 9, 10, side and face views of topotype showing strongly enveloping chambers and elongate areal aperture with tooth, x 28; 11, holotype in face view, x 35; 12, horizontal half-section showing planispiral coil of about five enveloping chambers per whorl, leaving only three visible at the exterior, and distinct apertural tooth and thickened wall adjacent to the aperture, x 28.
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