Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Test unilocular, subglobular to ovate, circular in section; wall calcareous, translucent, surface covered by elevated ridges forming large polygonal reticulations; aperture rounded on a slightly produced neck that may have a thickened collarlike rim, provided internally with a short straight central entosolenian tube. Miocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (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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