Foraminifera taxon details

Cassidulinella Natland, 1940 †

520777  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520777)

accepted
Genus
Cassidulinella pliocenica Natland, 1940 † (type by original designation)

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Natland, M. L. (1940). New Genus of Foraminifera from the Later Tertiary of California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> Vol. 14, No. 6 (Nov., 1940), pp. 568-571.
page(s): p. 570 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Cassidulinella Natland, 1940 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520777 on 2024-03-29
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2010-09-17 12:15:07Z
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2010-09-21 06:54:10Z
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2017-12-26 10:02:30Z
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original description Natland, M. L. (1940). New Genus of Foraminifera from the Later Tertiary of California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> Vol. 14, No. 6 (Nov., 1940), pp. 568-571.
page(s): p. 570 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test flattened to discoidal, chambers biserially arranged and plane of biseriality enrolled as in Cassidulina in the early stage, later flaring with chambers becoming very broad, low, and strongly arched, final chamber occupies nearly half the test circumference, sutures curved, depressed; wall calcareous, thin, finely perforate; aperture an elongate slit at the base of the final chamber face and paralleling the periphery, no marginal flap or toothplate. L. Miocene (L. Burdigalian) to U. Pliocene; USA: California; Gabon. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]