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[[File:Fig 52.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig.1.''' The flange (double arrow) in ''Nephrolepidina'' sp., axial section, transmitted light. Oligocene, Sarawak, Borneo; '''lchl:''' [[lateral chamberlets]]; '''mchl''': median chamberlet layer. Scale bar 0.2 mm (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 52 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]
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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''FLANGE''' - (French: collerette); a thin, fragile marginal portion of an orbitoidiform shell where the [[main chamberlet layer]] is exposed for lack of [[lateral chamberlets]].



==See also==
*[[lateral chamberlets]]
*[[main chamberlet layer]]

==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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