Foraminifera taxon details
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg page(s): p. 149 [details]
original description
(of Sagraina Bronn & Roemer, 1853) Bronn, H. G., and E. Roemer, 1853, Lethaea Geognostica; vierte Periode; Kreide-Gebirge: Aufl. 3, Bd. 2, Theil 5 (1851-1852). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart. page(s): p. 92 [details]
additional source
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]
additional source
Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test small, flaring, subtriangular in outline, oval in section, short early triserial stage, later biserial with inflated chambers that are distinctly angular at the widest part and overhang a deeply recessed lower margin a short distance above the previous suture; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface ornamented with numerous low and longitudinal costae that are not continuous from one chamber to the next and may end in short spinules at the angular chamber margin; aperture terminal, ovate, large, occupying a large area of the terminal face, bordered by a low narrow lip, and with broad hemicylindrical internal toothplate. Holocene; Atlantic; West Indies; Cuba; Red Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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