Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort, 1808

Symphonia, Tabita K. & Senthil, Nathan D., 2019, Taxonomic notes on Recent Foraminifera from the Continental Shelf-Slope Region of Southwestern Bay of Bengal, East Coast of India, Palaeontologia Electronica (55 A) 22 (3), pp. 1-89 : 17

Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort, 1808

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1808 Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort , p. 331.

2001 Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort ; Szarek, p. 80, pl. 3, figs. 1-5.

2010 Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort ; Margreth, p. 96, pl. 2, fig. 3a-b.

2011 Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort ; Kaminski and Cetean, p. 65, pl. 2, figs. 23-25.

2012 Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort ; Milker and Schmiedl, p. 32, fig 9.8.

2012 Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort ; Debenay, p. 91.

2014 Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort ; Panchang and Nigam, pl. 1, fig. 9.

Description. Test elongate, uniserial, wall coarsely agglutinated, surface irregular; chambers almost cylindrical or pyriform, increasing in size as added, arranged in an irregular series, early chambers slightly arcuate, final chamber fusiform or globular, tapering to the aperture; sutures horizontal, distinct and depressed; aperture simple, rounded, terminal on a short neck.

Figures

FIGURE 4. 1, Gaudryina angulata Cushman, 1924 in dorsal view (scale equals 300 μm). 2, Gaudryina convexa (Karrer, 1865) in dorsal view (scale equals 300 μm). 3, Reophax agglutinatus Cushman, 1913 in dorsal view (scale equals 500 μm). 4-5, Reophax scorpiurus de Montfort, 1808 in dorsal view (scale equals 500 μm) (4) and in dorsal view (scale equals 400 μm) (5). 6, Nodulina dentaliniformis (Brady, 1881) in dorsal view (scale equals 500 μm). 7-8, Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758) in dorsal view (scale equals 100 μm) (7) and in ventral view (scale equals 500 μm) (8). 9-10, Ammonia parkinsoniana (d’Orbigny, 1839) in dorsal view (scale equals 200 μm) (9) and in ventral view (scale equals 200 μm) (10). 11-12, Ammonia tepida (Cushman, 1926) in dorsal view (scale equals 200 μm) (11) and in ventral view (scale equals 200 μm) (12). 13-14, Asterorotalia dentata (Parker and Jones, 1865) in dorsal view (scale equals 500 μm) (13) and in ventral view (scale equals 500 μm) (14). 15-16, Asterorotalia inflata (Millett, 1904) in dorsal view (scale equals 100 μm) (15) and in ventral view (scale equals 100 μm) (16). 17-18, Rotalidium annectens Parker and Jones, 1865 in dorsal view (scale equals 500 μm) (17) and in ventral view (scale equals 400 μm) (18). 19- 21, Rotalinoides compressiuscula (Brady, 1884) in dorsal view (scale equals 200 μm) (19); in ventral view (scale equals 200 μm) (20); and in lateral view (scale equals 100 μm) (21).

FIGURE 5. 1-2, Rotalinoides gaimardii (d’Orbigny, 1826) in dorsal view (scale equals 200 μm) (1) and in ventral view (scale equals 300 μm) (2). 3-6, Neorotalia calcar (d’Orbigny, 1839) in dorsal view (scale equals 400 μm) (3); in ventral view (scale equals 300 μm) (4); elongate form in dorsal view (scale equals 400 μm) (5); and elongate form in ventral view (scale equals 400 μm) (6). 7-8. Pararotalia boltovskoyi Jain and Bhatia, 1978 in dorsal view (scale equals 200 μm) (7) and in ventral view (scale equals 200 μm) (8). 9-10, Pararotalia calcariformata McCulloch, 1977 in dorsal view (scale equals 200 μm) (9) and in ventral view (scale equals 200 μm) (10). 11-12, Pararotalia nipponica Asano, 1936 in dorsal view (scale equals 200 μm) (11) and in ventral view (scale equals 300 μm) (12). 13-14, Pararotalia venusta (Brady, 1884) in dorsal view (scale equals 300 μm) (13) and in ventral view (scale equals 300 μm) (14). 15-16, Calcarina hispida Brady, 1876 in dorsal view (scale equals 500 μm) (15) and in ventral view (scale equals 500 μm) (16).