Taxonomic notes on Recent Foraminifera from the Continental Shelf-Slope Region of Southwestern Bay of Bengal, East Coast of India Author Symphonia, Tabita K. Author Senthil, Nathan D. text Palaeontologia Electronica 2019 55 A 2019-09-30 22 3 1 89 http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/811 journal article 10.26879/811 1094-8074 10961656 Massilina laevigata (Cushman and Todd, 1944) Figure 17.9 1944 Spiroloculina laevigata Cushman and Todd , p. 67, pl. 9, figs. 26-29. 2014 Spiroloculina laevigata (Cushman and Todd) ; Panchang and Nigam, pl. 6, fig. 19a-b. Description. Test large, robust, lateral view fusiform, wall calcareous, imperforate, surface smooth; chambers initially compressed, final chambers inflated, chamber arrangement spiroloculine, gradually increasing in size as added; periphery broadly rounded, sutures distinct and very depressed; aperture terminal, round at the end of a short neck, weakly rimmed, with a simple bifid tooth.