Foraminifera taxon details

Deckerella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †

721626  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721626)

accepted
Genus
Deckerella clavata Cushman & Waters, 1928 † (type by original designation)

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Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). The development of Climacammina and its allies in the Pennsylvanian of Texas. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 2(2): 119-130.
page(s): p. 128 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Deckerella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721626 on 2024-03-29
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2013-03-08 13:53:47Z
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2017-12-05 10:03:10Z
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original description Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). The development of Climacammina and its allies in the Pennsylvanian of Texas. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 2(2): 119-130.
page(s): p. 128 [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 free, elongate, globular proloculus followed by tapering early stage, with slightly inflated, biserially arranged chambers, later uniserial and rectilinear, circular in section; wall thick, microgranular, dark in transmitted light, with incomplete inner fibrous layer lining the lateral walls and may have an irregular agglutinated external coating; aperture a low interiomarginal lunate slit in the early stage, later areal, terminal, and symmetrical, with two parallel oval to slitlike openings separated by a narrow partition. L. Carboniferous (Visean) to U. Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian); USA; USSR; Britain. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]