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[[File: Fig 02.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig. 1. '''Adapertural depression and [[toothplate]] with serrated margin. SEM, from Hottinger et al., 1993. '''A''': ''Bulimina elongata'' d'Orbigny; '''B''': ''Loxostomina cf. africana'' (Smitter); '''a''': [[aperture]]; '''ad''': adapertural depression; '''li''': [[lip]]; '''tp''': [[toothplate]] with its serrated margin (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 2 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]

==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''ADAPERTURAL DEPRESSION''' - (periapertural depression; cavity; apertural fissure, [[sulcus]], auct.) space formed by a [[toothplate]] that separates it partly or completely from the main [[chamber lumen]]. Interconnected adapertural depressions produce a canal.



==See also==
* [[chamber lumen]]
* [[sulcus]]
* [[toothplate]]
* [[umbilical cavity]]



==References==
Hottinger L., Halicz E. & Reiss Z., (1993). Recent Foraminiferida from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Opera SAZU, Ljubljana, 33, 179 p. + 230 pls.

Hottinger (2006), [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research]. [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html Carnets de Géologie], [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Memoir 2], ISSN 1634-0744    
             

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