Foraminifera taxon details

Calcitornella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †

721934  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721934)

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Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 45 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Calcitornella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721934 on 2024-03-28
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original description Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 45 [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 attached, elongate, and may exceed 1 mm in length, globular proloculus encircled by elongate, undivided tubular second chamber that is planispirally enrolled for up to three or four whorls, then uncoils in zigzag bends that commonly overlap the early part of the test so that it can only be seen from the attached side; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, surface rough; aperture at the open end of the tubular chamber. U. Carboniferous (Stephanian), Virgilian; USA: Texas; Romania; Bulgaria. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]