Foraminifera taxon details
original description
(of Lepidocyclina (Helicolepidina) Tobler, 1922 †) Tobler, A. (1922). Helicolepidina, ein neues Subgenus von Lepidocyclina. <em>Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae.</em> 17: 380-384., available online at https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=egh-001:1922:17#490 page(s): p. 380 [details]
original description
(of Helicocyclina Tan, 1936 †) Tan, S. H. (1936). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lepidocycliniden. <em>Proceedings Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam - Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam.</em> 39(8): 990-999., available online at https://dwc.knaw.nl/DL/publications/PU00016963.pdf page(s): p. 995 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test lenticular, bilocular embryonic stage followed by loose planispiral coil of one or two whorls having a thick and perforate spiral outer wall termed the helicolepidine string and a series of relatively large and asymmetrical imbricate chambers forming a continuous series outside of the helicolepidine string, median layer also has smaller arcuate chambers that fill the remaining space both inside and outside of the helicolepidine string, median chambers with single or double apertures, lateral chambers well developed. M. to U. Eocene; North America; South America. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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