Foraminifera taxon details
original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163. page(s): p. 1161 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, broad and flattened, early portion planispirally enrolled and partially to completely evolute, sutures radial to oblique and curving back at the periphery, later portion uncoiled and may have a few rectilinear chambers with straight and horizontal sutures, sutures merely represent external indication of periodic growth, as interior is hollow and undivided by septa, but possibly has organic partitions in life as does Ammoscalaria; wall coarsely agglutinated, surface roughened; aperture an elongate narrow opening, extending the breadth of the chamber, not produced. ?Pleistocene: India; Holocene: S. Atlantic at 3,800 m; N. Pacific from 1,544 m; S. Pacific at 80 m to 2,750 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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