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Linked specimens: London, UK; NHM (1959.5.11.740)
Current identification/main database link: Beella praedigitata (Parker, 1967)
Taxonomic remarks: In addition to very many small specimens of this species present in the Heron-Allen and Earland collections in the British Museum (Natural History), London, the four syntypes which were illustrated by Earland are also preserved. The four illustrated syntypes came from "Discovery" Station 385 (Drake Straits) from 3638 metres depth and were preserved on a slide registered as ZF.3279 in the British Museum (Natural History). The lectotype, here designated and illustrated (pI. 1, fig. 3), was removed from this slide and is now registered as number 1959.5.11.740 in the British Museum (Natural History) records. [Banner & Blow 1960]
Original Description
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Extra details from original publication
G. megastoma, although congeneric with G. bulloides, differs from the latter by possessing a very thin wall, a smaller umbilicus, a higher spire, more elongate and better separated chambers and an exceedingly well developed apertural lip.
This species has only been seen by us in collections from the recent seas and we have not observed it fossil. [Banner & Blow 1960]"
Banner, F. T. & Blow, W. H. (1960a). Some primary types of species belonging to the superfamily Globigerinaceae. Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research. 11: 1-41. gs O Earland, A. (1934). Foraminifera. Part III. The Falklands sector of the Antarctic (excluding South Georgia). Discovery Reports. 10: 1-208. gs Missing or ambiguous references: Bé 1959; References:
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