Nummulites fichteli Michelotti, 1841

Gedik, Fatma & Karadenizli, Levent, 2021, Oligocene larger benthic foraminifera and sedimentation of the Burdur Basin, SW Anatolia, Turkey, Geodiversitas 43 (13), pp. 377-389 : 383

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a13
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5040913
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scientific name	Nummulites fichteli Michelotti, 1841
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( Fig. 4 View FIG A-J; 5C, J)

Nummulites fichteli Michelotti, 1841: 296 , figs 7a, b. — Cole 1960: pl. 3, figs 9-18. — Schaub 1981: pl. 50, figs 5-18. — Sirel 2003: pl. II, figs 12-19. — Gedik 2008: pl. 1, figs 1-14, 22.

Nummulites intermedius D’Archiac, Sirel & Gündüz, 1976 : pl. I, figs 5-9.

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This reticulate species belongs to the N. fabianii lineage. This form has inflated lenticular shell with rounded periphery. The diameter of test ranges from 2 to 6.4 mm and the thickness from 0.5 to 1.8 mm. The test surface is covered with a reticulation that has rectangular or subrectangular mesh ( Fig. 4A View FIG , C-E; Fig. 5C View FIG ). The large microsphere (diameter 0.3 to 0.4 mm) is followed by the regular coiled whorls.