Diagnosis
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Test ovate in outline, triangular in section, angles sharp, microspheric generation with early stage quinqueloculine, adult triloculine, megalospheric test triloculine throughout; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture rounded at the end of the final chamber, with a broad spatulate tooth. Holocene; N. and S. Pacific; off Tasmania. (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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