Foraminifera taxon details

Atactolituola Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †

737706  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737706)

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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Atactolituola Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737706 on 2024-03-28
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original description Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test free, large, elongate, early two or three chambers in an arcuate to semicoiled planispiral arrangement, later chambers enlarging rapidly, uniserial and rectilinear to slightly curved, rounded in section; wall simple in structure, very coarsely agglutinated, consisting of large grains and entire tests of smaller foraminifers separated by a minor amount of cement, surface rough; aperture terminal, cribrate. L. Cretaceous (Albian); USA: Oklahoma, Texas. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]