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Azpeitia tabularis (Grunow) Fryxell & Sims in Fryxell et al. (1986)

Comment: Small valve; note the polygonal internal openings to the rimoportulae well-visible along the margin.

Locality: Ocean Drilling Program Hole 959A (Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Marginal Ridge, eastern tropical Atlantic), sample: 159-959A-28X-6, 40-41 cm (early Miocene).

Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, Plan-APOCHROMAT 100×/1.4 Oil DIC + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Single image.

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