WoRMS taxon details
original description
Rasheed, D. A. (1971). Some foraminifera belonging to Miliolidae and Ophthalmidiidae from the Coral Sea, south of Papua (New Guinea). Part II. <em>Madras University Journal, Section B.</em> 37-38: 19-87. page(s): p. 66 [details]
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 narrow and elongate, chambers stated to be at first quinqueloculine, then triloculine, and finally biloculine as in Pyrgo, laterally compressed between chambers in contrast to the compression through the midpoint of opposing chambers as in Pyrgo; wall calcareous, imperf orate, porcelaneous; aperture terminal, rounded to ovate, without a tooth, may be bordered by a lip. Holocene; N. and S. Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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