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Asterorotalia pulchella (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Description Loeblich, A. R., Tappan, H. N., 1987: Foraminiferal genera and their classification. Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co. New York 1728 pp. Plate 769, Figs. 5-11: Quaternary. 5, Pleistocene-Holocene, Kutei Basin, E. Kalimantan, Borneo, lndonesia; 6, 7, 10, Holocene, Miri, Borneo; 8, Holocene, Cuba; 11, Borneo. 5, Araldite cast of umbilical region of megalospheric test from spiral side, SEM, x 132; 6, umbilical side, SEM, x 110; 7, enlargement of apertural face showing aperture (a), aperturallip (al), aperture under lip (Ia), and lip (1), SEM, x 334; 8, side view of lectotype (MNHN, Paris), x 45; 9, diagram of umbilical side, wide hachures indicate final chamber, narrow hachures represent lip of final chamber, and cross hachures show the central pillar, x 110; 10, axial section, x 86; 11, horizontal section showing spines with central canal and intraseptal passages, x 55 (5, from Billman et al., 1980; 6, 7, 9, 10, from Müller-Merz, 1980; 8, from Y. Le Calvez, 1977; 11, from Reissand Merling, 1958).
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