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Bisaccium Andersen, 1951

415118  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415118)

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Bisaccium imbricatum Andersen, 1951 (type by original designation)

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Andersen, H. V. (1951). Two new genera of Foraminifera from Recent deposits of Louisiana. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 25: 31-34.
page(s): p. 32 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Bisaccium Andersen, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415118 on 2024-04-26
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original description Andersen, H. V. (1951). Two new genera of Foraminifera from Recent deposits of Louisiana. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 25: 31-34.
page(s): p. 32 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source 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  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test planispiral, bilaterally symmetrical, and bi-involute, chambers increasing gradually in size as added, very slightly inflated, sutures radial, curved, and slightly depressed, umbilicus covered with a plate that radiates along the sutures about halfway to the periphery, a similar plate extends across the base of the apertural face to enclose a small chamberlet over the aperture; wall calcareous, finely perforate, very thin, and hyaline, surface smooth except for the umbilical and sutural plates; primary aperture interiomarginal and equatorial, obscured by the apertural chamberlet, accessory openings along the margins of the sutural plates, two larger ones at the upper margin of the apertural chamberlet cover plate. Holocene; USA: Louisiana. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]