Foraminifera taxon details

Ammocibicides Earland, 1934

737711  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737711)

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Ammocibicides proteus Earland, 1934 (type by original designation)

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Earland, A. (1934). Foraminifera. Part III. The Falklands sector of the Antarctic (excluding South Georgia). <em>Discovery Reports, University Press, Cambridge.</em> 10 (1935): p 1-208. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Ammocibicides Earland, 1934. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737711 on 2024-03-29
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2013-08-19 08:33:20Z
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2014-03-07 08:24:41Z
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original description Earland, A. (1934). Foraminifera. Part III. The Falklands sector of the Antarctic (excluding South Georgia). <em>Discovery Reports, University Press, Cambridge.</em> 10 (1935): p 1-208. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test attached, early chambers in an irregular planispiral series, later uncoiled, with chambers flattened against the attachment and convex on the free surface, chamber margins irregular; wall finely agglutinated, rather smoothly finished; aperture a large circular opening on the free upper surface, bordered by a slightly elevated lip. Holocene; South America: Drake Straits. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]