Foraminifera taxon details

Vasiglobulina Poag, 1969 †

416130  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416130)

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Poag, C. W., 1969, Dissolution of molluscan calcite by the attached foraminifera Vasiglobulina, new genus (Vasiglobulininae, new subfamily), Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7:45-74. , available online at https://journals.tulane.edu/tsgp/article/view/496
page(s): p. 48 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Vasiglobulina Poag, 1969 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416130 on 2024-04-23
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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z
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original description Poag, C. W., 1969, Dissolution of molluscan calcite by the attached foraminifera Vasiglobulina, new genus (Vasiglobulininae, new subfamily), Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7:45-74. , available online at https://journals.tulane.edu/tsgp/article/view/496
page(s): p. 48 [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 ovoid, with few embracing and rapidly enlarging chambers added in a high spire in planes about 144¡ apart, sutures flush; wall calcareous, hyaline, finely perforate, optically radiate, surface smooth, striate, or more commonly covered with long spines that serve for attachment and may penetrate a calcareous substrate such as molluscan shell fragments; aperture consists of a system of tubules radiating from a vestibule at the distal end of the final chamber, opening to the exterior as a circle of pores around a central plug. U. Eocene to Pliocene; USA: Mississippi, Alabama; England; France; Italy; Germany; Austria; USSR: Georgian SSR, Precaucasus. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]