Foraminifera taxon details
original description
Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). The development of Climacammina and its allies in the Pennsylvanian of Texas. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 2(2): 119-130. page(s): p. 128 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 free, elongate, globular proloculus followed by tapering early stage, with slightly inflated, biserially arranged chambers, later uniserial and rectilinear, circular in section; wall thick, microgranular, dark in transmitted light, with incomplete inner fibrous layer lining the lateral walls and may have an irregular agglutinated external coating; aperture a low interiomarginal lunate slit in the early stage, later areal, terminal, and symmetrical, with two parallel oval to slitlike openings separated by a narrow partition. L. Carboniferous (Visean) to U. Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian); USA; USSR; Britain. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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