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[[Image:LH048AB_aperture1a.jpg|thumb|right|300px| <font size="2">'''Fig. 1.''' The aperture and the [[apertural face]] (coloured pink) in a biserial form - ''Textularia'' aff. ''goesi'' Cushman. SEM graphs of specimens from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Recent. '''A-B''': apertural (A) and peripheral (B) views of an intact specimen. Note the smooth surfaces characteristic of the faces of many [[agglutinated]] forms. '''a''': [[aperture]]; '''af:''' apertural face; '''sut''': (chamber) [[suture]] (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 48 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]
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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''APERTURAL FACE''' - that surface of the chamber-wall that contains the main cameral aperture. See also [[face]], [[septal face]], [[umbilical face]].

==See also:==
* [[face]]
* [[septal face]]
* [[umbilical face]]
==References==
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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