WoRMS taxon details
original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1962). Six new generic names in the Mycetozoida (Trichiidae) and Foraminiferida (Fischerinidae, Buliminidae, Caucasinidae and Pleurostomellidae) and a re-description of Loxostomum (Loxostomidae, new family). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 75: 107-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/44775#/summary page(s): p. 108 [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 conical, globular proloculus followed by spiral chamber of nearly a complete whorl, then with gradually enlarging trochospirally enrolled chambers, progressively more numerous per whorl, up to four or five in the final one, all whorls visible from the convex spiral side, only those of the final whorl visible from the flattened to concave umbilical side, sutures radial; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture ovate at the open end of the final chamber. Holocene; E. Africa: Kerimba Archipelago; Indonesia; Malay Peninsula; Australia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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