Foraminifera taxon details
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Diagnosis Test compressed, ovate in outline, rapidly enlarging elongate and narrow chambers of one-half coil in length, planispirally enrolled, all chambers visible from both sides of the test; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, surface smooth, striate or pitted, periphery may be carinate; aperture terminal, simple, rounded to oval, with an everted lip and may be produced on a short neck. Holocene; ludo-Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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