Foraminifera taxon details

Megastomella Faulkner, de Klasz & Rérat, 1963 †

722259  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722259)

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Faulkner, J. S.; De Klasz, I.; Rérat, D. (1963). Megastomella nov. gen. nouveau foraminifère de l'Afrique Occidentale. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 6: 19-22.
page(s): p. 19 [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Megastomella Faulkner, de Klasz & Rérat, 1963 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722259 on 2024-03-29
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2013-03-08 13:53:47Z
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2018-01-02 09:33:00Z
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original description Faulkner, J. S.; De Klasz, I.; Rérat, D. (1963). Megastomella nov. gen. nouveau foraminifère de l'Afrique Occidentale. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 6: 19-22.
page(s): p. 19 [details]   

basis of record 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 small to medium in size, flattened to slightly biconvex, oval in outline, low trochospiral coil of about one and a half rapidly flaring whorls, spiral side evolute with curved and oblique sutures, umbilical side involute and sutures radial and nearly straight, periphery rounded; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface smooth; aperture a wide vertical interiomarginal slit extending up the face of the final chamber, subequatorial to slightly on the umbilical side. L. Miocene to U. Miocene; Gabon; USA: California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]