Diagnosis
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Test cylindrical, 0.2 mm to 1.4 mm in length, tapering at both ends; wall yellowish-brown, glossy, opaque, consisting of proteinaceous lamellae; aperture at each end of test; cytoplasm contains food vacuoles, single nucleus; reticulose pseudopodia project from both apertures; asexual reproduction by multiple fission; sexual reproduction not observed. Marine. Holocene; Sweden: Gullmar Fjord. (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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