WoRMS taxon details

Metapolymorphina McCulloch, 1977

722110  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722110)

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McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ
page(s): p. 41 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Metapolymorphina McCulloch, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722110 on 2024-03-29
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original description McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ
page(s): p. 41 [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 large, up to 3.1 mm in length, somewhat compressed, ovate in section, elongate ovate in outline, base rounded, slightly tapering distally, chambers biserially arranged, earliest ones slightly sigmoid and later more regular, overlapping previous chambers at the test margins, sutures distinct, strongly oblique; wall calcareous, perforate, radial, surface smooth; aperture terminal, radiate, surrounded by a hyaline collar. L. Oligocene to Holocene; Pacific; Japan; New Zealand; Canada: British Columbia; USA: California; Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]