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[[File:Fig 10.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig. 1.''' Apertural plate: Apertural feature in ''Sphaeroidina bulloides'' d'Orbigny.
'''A:''' dissected specimen showing penultimate foramen, '''B:''' detail of aperture. SEM graphs. Recent, Gulf of Aqaba.
'''ap:''' apertural plate; '''perr:''' peristomal, pustulose rim.
(Hottinger, 2006; fig. 10 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]
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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''APERTURAL PLATE''' -  (basal plate) a plate-like structure that restricts the base of an interiomarginal aperture and restricting the latter.

==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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