Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Test free, planispirally enrolled at least in the early stage, later chambers irregular in form and arrangement, sutures radial in early part, slightly depressed, periphery rounded, peripheral outline lobulate; wall thin, brownish, with fine to coarse quartz grains on a proteinaceous base; aperture areal, one or more rounded to irregular openings in the lower part of the apertural face, each surrounded by a distinct lip. Holocene, brackish water; Trinidad, West Indies; USA: Louisiana. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification)
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
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