Foraminifera taxon details
original description
Resig, J. M.; Lowenstam, H. A.; Echols, R. J.; Weiner, S. (1980). An extant opaline foraminifer: test ultrastructure, mineralogy, and taxonomy. <em>Special Publications of the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 19: 205-214. [details]
basis of record
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 small, coiled, proloculus followed by chambers of about one-half coil in length, plane of coiling changing as in the miliolines; aperture terminal on the final chamber, appearing as an arched slit because of the broad toothlike flap projecting from one margin. U. Miocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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