WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Finlay, H. J. (1947). New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy - No. 5. <em>New Zealand journal of science and technology.</em> B28: 259-292. page(s): p. 270 [details]
basis of record
Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
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Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, chambers one-half coil in length, with rapidly changing planes in the early stage resulting in two spiralling series that appear sigmoid in section, gradually becoming planispiral in the adult, chambers with floors, chamber lumen narrow; wall thick, porcelaneous but enclosing a large quantity of agglutinated quartz particles, sponge spicules, and shell fragments; aperture terminal, rounded, with a small tooth. Miocene to Holocene; Europe; Atlantic; Caribbean; Australia; New Zealand. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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