Foraminifera taxon details

Prismatomorphia Loeblich & Tappan, 1986

722086  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722086)

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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1986). Some New and Revised Genera and Families of Hyaline Calcareous Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 105(3): 239-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226297
page(s): p. 246 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Prismatomorphia Loeblich & Tappan, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722086 on 2024-03-28
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original description Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1986). Some New and Revised Genera and Families of Hyaline Calcareous Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 105(3): 239-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226297
page(s): p. 246 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test elongate, slender, arcuate, proloculus ovate with apiculate base, followed by uniserial and rectilinear chambers of triangular section, two of the sides flattened as in Saracenaria and meeting at the dorsal angle, chambers somewhat inflated on the ventral face, sutures slightly arched at the center of each face of the test; wall calcareous, perforate, radial in structure, surface smooth, except for the prominent and continuous keels at the three angles of the test; aperture at the dorsal angle, triangular but not radiate. L. Pliocene to Holocene; Adriatic Sea; Sicily. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]