Socotraina serpentina Banner, Whittaker, Boudagher-Fadel & Samuel, 1997

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Whittaker, J. E.; Jones, R. W.; Banner, F. T. (1998). Key Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Middle East. The Natural History Museum of London. 1-236. Pl. 103, Figs 1-16 Socotraina serpentina Banner, Whittaker, BouDagher-Fadel & Samuel, 1997. 1, Holotype, BMNH no. PF 53883, longitudinal section of microspheric form, x45. 2, Paratype, BMNH no. PF 53889, longitudinal section of microspheric form, x40. 3, Paratype, BMNH no. PF 53891, longitudinal section of microspheric form, x55. 4, Paratype, BMNH no. PF 53892, longitudinal section of part of megalospheric form, x40. 5, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116 (BMNH no. PF 53902), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 6, Paratype, IPC no. M/8122 (BMNH no. PF 53899), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 7, Paratype, IPC no. M/8122 (BMNH no. PF 53900), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 8, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116 (BMNH no. PF 53903), longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 9, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, off-centred longitudinal section of ?megalospheric form, x75. 10, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, tangential section, x75. 11, Paratype, IPC no. M/8122 (BMNH no. PF 53901), transverse section of ?microspheric form, x75. 12, Paratype, IPC no. M/8134, longitudinal section of megalospheric form, x75. 13, Paratype, IPC no. M/8144 (BMNH no. PF 53898), longitudinal section of microspheric form, x75. 14, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, transverse section of ?megalospheric form, x75. 15, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, transverse section of ?megalospheric form, x75. 16, Paratype, IPC no. M/8116, transverse section of ?megalospheric form, x75. Figs 1-4 from sample SOC/93/84, Ras Momi, Liassic (Toarcian), Socotra, Yemen. Figs 5-16 from the Orbitopsella Limestone, Musandam Group, Liassic (Toarcian), Wadi Milaha, United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial Oman).