Foraminifera taxon details
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test free, large, tubular or cylindrical, open only at one end, aboral end truncate; wall thick, agglutinated, of fine sand and broken sponge spicules with little cement, exterior smoothly finished but interior rough, with sponge spicules protruding into the cavity; aperture terminal, irregular in outline, and may be partially obstructed by sponge spicules and other agglutinated particles. Holocene; S. Atlantic, from 150 m to 300 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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