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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''CUPULE''' - radial, rounded ridges on the shell face of conical shells resulting from an arrangement of slightly inflated radial chamberlets alternating in radial position in subsequent cycles.


''Remarks'': the term "cupule" means "cup" in French and English and refers to the cup-shaped sections perpendicular to an elongate barrel vault forming the radial chamberlets as in ''Orbitolinopsis'', ''Orbitolinella'' or ''Halkyardia''.
==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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