Foraminifera name details
original description
Silvestri, A. (1903). Alcune osservazioni sui Protozoi fossili piemontesi. <em>Atti Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino.</em> 38(6): 206-217., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12146385 page(s): p. 210 [details]
basis of record
Hayward, B.W., Kawagata, S., Sabaa, A.T., Grenfell, H.R., van Kerckhoven, L., Johnson, K., and Thomas, E., 2012. The last global extinction (Mid-Pleistocene) of deep-sea benthic foraminifera (Chrysalogoniidae, Ellipsoidinidae, Glandulonodosariidae, Plectofrondiculariidae, Pleursostomellidae, Stilostomellidae), their Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic history and taxonomy: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication, v. 43, p. 408., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256078664 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test ovate to globular, early stage biserial with each biserial pair completely overlapping earlier chambers, later uniserial with chambers completely enveloping the test so that externally it resembles Ellipsoidina; wall calcareous, surface smooth; aperture terminal, semilunate, provided with an internal tube that connects successive apertures. M. Miocene (Helvetian) to Holocene; Italy; Cuba. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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