WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hofker, J. (1969). Recent Foraminifera from Barbados. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> vol. 31, 1-158., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506128 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test uniserial and rectilinear, may be up to 10 mm in length, chambers somewhat pyriform, with successive chambers overlapping previous ones so that sutures are obscure externally and the test is nearly cylindrical; wall thick, agglutinated of more than a single layer of fine quartz grains and tests of small foraminifers, may be only partially cemented, thickest where the new chamber overlaps that preceding, with an inner proteinaceous lining; aperture terminal, central, round. Holocene; N. Atlantic from 100 m to 4,066 m; Indian Ocean at 3,140 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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