WoRMS taxon details
Tortoplectellidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1985
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1985). Tortoplectella, a new calcareous biserial foraminiferal genus. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 15(2): 111-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.15.2.111 [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Tortoplectellidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=484797 on 2025-05-05
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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1985). Tortoplectella, a new calcareous biserial foraminiferal genus. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 15(2): 111-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.15.2.111 [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 [request]
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Diagnosis Test free, biserial throughout, although plane of biseriality may be slightly twisted with continued growth; wall calcareous, optically hyaline oblique, perforate granular in structure; aperture an areal loop-shaped slit that runs obliquely up the apertural face. Holocene; Pacific Ocean; Indian Ocean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
