Foraminifera taxon details

Pseudofabularia Robinson, 1974 †

721266  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721266)

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Robinson, E. (1974). Pseudofabularia, n. gen., an alveolinid foraminifer from the Eocene Yellow Limestone Group, Jamaica, W. I. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(1), 29-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.4.1.29
page(s): p. 29 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Pseudofabularia Robinson, 1974 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721266 on 2024-04-16
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original description Robinson, E. (1974). Pseudofabularia, n. gen., an alveolinid foraminifer from the Eocene Yellow Limestone Group, Jamaica, W. I. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(1), 29-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.4.1.29
page(s): p. 29 [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 globular to ovate and up to 4.0 mm in diameter, megalospheric proloculus followed by undivided second chamber, later stage of both generations with two chambers per whorl, planispirally arranged and appearing biloculine, rarely may have slightly more than two chambers per whorl, interior subdivided by longitudinal partitions that spiral around the test within each chamber, those of successive chambers approximately aligned, resulting in up to thirty-three elongate chamberlets in each chamber, preseptal passage extends the entire width of the chamber, and a less welldefined postseptal passage may be present; wall calcareous, porcelaneous; aperture consists of a single row of pores extending from pole to pole along the base of the apertural face. M. Eocene; Jamaica. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]