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Pyropilus Cushman, 1934

520880  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520880)

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Genus
Pyropilus rotundatus Cushman, 1934 (type by original designation)

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Cushman, J. A. (1934). Notes on the genus Tretomphalus, with descriptions of some new species and a new genus, Pyropilus. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 10(4): 79-101., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/10cclfr4.pdf
page(s): p. 100 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Pyropilus Cushman, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520880 on 2024-03-29
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2010-09-17 12:15:07Z
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2010-09-22 20:23:33Z
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2013-03-08 15:09:52Z
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2014-05-14 08:46:36Z
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2019-05-23 10:24:33Z
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original description Cushman, J. A. (1934). Notes on the genus Tretomphalus, with descriptions of some new species and a new genus, Pyropilus. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 10(4): 79-101., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/10cclfr4.pdf
page(s): p. 100 [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 trochospirally enrolled in the early stage, chambers later added irregularly to form an elongate mass, all chambers visible on the spiral side, only the final series visible around the umbilical depression of the opposite side, sutures depressed, periphery rounded; wall calcareous, coarsely perforate, with thin organic lining, surface smooth; on the umbilical side of the test, one or more rows of large apertural pores occur along the sutures of all chambers of the final whorl, as in Cymbaloporella, and additional pores may occur at the umbilical end of the final chamber. Holocene; Pacific: Rangiroa Atoll. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]