Helicosphaerella truncata

Helicosphaera truncata Bramlette & Wilcoxon, 1967

Sub-rectangular helicolith has an asymmetrical blanket (Type II, Helicosphaerella recta type), truncated flange termination and a central area with a large central opening spanned by a traverse conjunct bar.

Helicosphaerella truncata differs from Helicosphaerella recta (Haq, 1966) Aubry, Liu, de Vargas, & Probert in Aubry & Bord (2009) by having larger central pores.

It is distinguished from Helicosphaerella robinsoniae (Bown & Dunkley Jones, 2012) Varol, n. comb. by having a conjunct bar rather than a disjunct bar

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