Foraminifera taxon details
original description
Seiglie, G. A. (1964). New and rare foraminifers from Los Testigos reefs, Venezuela. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 4(4): 497-512. page(s): p. 510 [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 elongate, slightly arcuate, large globular proloculus followed by low, biserially arranged chambers that increase slowly in size as added, sutures of primary chambers curved, slightly depressed, and nearly horizontal, those separating the secondary chamber series oblique; wall calcareous, transparent, surface smooth; aperture a broad and high arch at the base of the terminal face, present only on one series of chambers, the secondary series lacking a primary aperture but with numerous small sutural apertures. Holocene; Greece: Island of Delos; Venezuela. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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