Foraminifera taxon details

Alanwoodia Loeblich & Tappan, 1955

527966  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527966)

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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1955). Revision of some recent foraminiferal genera. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 128(5): 1-37., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27008419
page(s): p. 26 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Alanwoodia Loeblich & Tappan, 1955. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527966 on 2024-03-28
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2010-10-04 12:28:38Z
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2010-10-06 08:17:29Z
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2014-04-06 01:21:09Z
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2020-01-24 17:59:13Z
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original description Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1955). Revision of some recent foraminiferal genera. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 128(5): 1-37., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27008419
page(s): p. 26 [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 free, a high cone with flattened base, globular proloculus followed by trochospirally coiled undivided broad and low second chamber, with lamellae filling the wide umbilical region; wall hyaline, acting as a single crystal, but probably of aragonite; aperture at the open end of the spiralling tubular chamber and a row of small pores adjacent to the spiral suture on the evolute side. Holocene; S. Pacific, at about 315 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]