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Current identification/main database link: Catapsydrax unicavus Bolli, Loeblich and Tappan 1957
Original Description
Editors' Notes
Finlay, H. J. (1939b). Finlay, H. J. (1939). New Zealand foraminifera: Key species in stratigraphy - no. 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 69(1): 89-128. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 69(1): 89-128. gsReferences:
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Globigerina linaperta turgida compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 12-5-2025
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Comments (3)
Inversed priority. Finlay is the first..
Olsson et al. (2006) discuss this - they suggest that turgida is likely to be a synonym of unicavus but since there is no type illustraion or known type specieman this cannot be proven.
Looking further into this the case made by Olsson et al seems tenuous at best, I will discuss this with Brian Huber and Bridget Wade