PeRMS taxon details
original description
Nomura, R. (1983). Cassidulinidae (foraminiferida) from the uppermost Cenozoic of Japan (part 1). <em>Tohoku University Scientific Reports, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 53:1-101, pls. 1-25., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10097/00104991 page(s): p. 52 [details] Available for editors
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
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test lenticular, compressed, periphery subacute to carinate, chambers biserially arranged, with planispirally enrolled plane of biseriality, commonly four pairs of chambers in the final whorl, alternate chambers extending to the closed umbilicus on one side, leaving only a small triangular portion visible near the periphery of the opposite side, sutures curved; wfill calcareous, hyaline, optically radial, surface smooth and polished; aperture interiomarginal, a long narrow slit along the periphery of the preceding chamber, bordered by a small apertural ridge or lip. L. Pliocene to Holocene; Pacific margins; Caribbean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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