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Taxonomy
Original description: Test wall microperforate (0.8 to 1.2 mm), pores randomly scattered, surface smooth to weakly pustulose, very rarely observed with scattered perforation cones. Test small, low trochospiral, spiral side flat to slightly depressed, equatorial periphery rounded, moderately lobate in equatorial outline, test thickness:diameter ratio averaging 0.49; chambers globular, increasing gradually in size, ultimate: penultimate chamber ratio averaging 1.12, dextrally or sinistrally coiled in 2.5 whorls with 5.5 to 7 chambers in the final whorl; sutures moderately depressed, radial on umbilical and spiral sides; umbilicus shallow, comprising 21 to 26 percent of the test diameter; aperture an extraumbilical low arch that extends from near the equatorial peripheral margin nearly to the umbilicus, bordered by a narrow lip that usually broadens to an imperforate apertural flap extending toward the umbilicus, often with relict apertural flaps surrounding the umbilicus.
Entries in the Catalog of original descriptions: Microhedbergella praeplanispira
Character matrix
test outline: | Lobate | chamber arrangement: | Trochospiral | edge view: | aperture: | Extraumbilical | |
sp chamber shape: | coiling axis: | Low | periphery: | aperture border: | Thin lip | ||
umb chbr shape: | umbilicus: | periph margin shape: | Moderately rounded | accessory apertures: | |||
spiral sutures: | Moderately depressed | umb depth: | Shallow | wall texture: | Smooth | shell porosity: | Microperforate: <1µm |
umbilical or test sutures: | Moderately depressed | final-whorl chambers: | 5.5-7 | N.B. These characters are used for advanced search. N/A - not applicable |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within T. primula zone (107.39-111.84Ma, top in Albian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
First occurrence (base): within M. rischi zone (112.40-112.96Ma, base in Albian stage). Data source: [copied from Chronos database]
Plot of range and occurrence data:
Huber, B. T. & Leckie, R. M. (2011). Planktic foraminiferal species turnover across deep-sea Aptian/Albian boundary sections. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 41: 53-95. gsReferences:
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Microhedbergella praeplanispira compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 21-4-2025
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