Foraminifera taxon details

Ammoastutinae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984

737682  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737682)

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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Ammoastutinae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737682 on 2024-03-28
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original description Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test compressed, ovate to flabelliform in outline, early chambers in slightly arcuate uniserial series, later chambers more enrolled, increasing rapidly in length as added, and extending back toward the proloculus on the inner margin; aperture an areal opening in the center of the apertural face, and may be accompanied by multiple openings near the base of the final chamber. U. Cretaceous (Turonian) to Holocene; shallow brackish water. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]