Foraminifera taxon details

Cycloloculina Heron-Allen & Earland, 1908 †

722272  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722272)

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Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1908). On Cycloloculina, a new generic type of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 529-543.
page(s): p. 533 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Cycloloculina Heron-Allen & Earland, 1908 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722272 on 2024-04-23
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original description Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1908). On Cycloloculina, a new generic type of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 529-543.
page(s): p. 533 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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] 

additional source Hayward, B. W. 1978: Foraminifera of the genera Cycloloculina Heron-Allen and Earland 1908, and Sherbornina Chapman 1922. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 8(3): 225-240. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test large, up to 1 mm in diameter, discoidal, with smoothly rounded periphery, early chambers planispiral to slightly asymmetrical, later chambers uncoiling and flabelliform, final chambers annular, sutures distinct, depressed, bridged by retral processes; wall calcareous, optically radial, surface pustulose; aperture consisting of irregularly scattered large pores on the surface, no fine perforations present, successive cyclical chambers communicate through foramina formed by secondarily enlarged pores. M. Eocene to L. Miocene; England; France; Belgium; Pacific: Hawaii; Saipan; Midway Atoll. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]