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Pegidia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928

490059  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490059)

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Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 290 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Pegidia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490059 on 2024-11-20
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2010-09-25 05:43:40Z
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original description Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 290 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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
page(s): p. 556 pl. 602 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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Diagnosis Test planoconvex to inequally biconvex, reduced trochospiral of two chambers per whorl, rapidly enlarging as added, spiral side domed, umbilical side flattened, periphery with broad thick carina; wall calcareous, thick, finely perforate, optically radial, spiral side strongly tuberculate, umbilical side smooth; aperture consisting of openings of tubular canals along the sutures on the umbilical side. Miocene to Holocene; Indian Ocean: Mauritius, Kerimba Archipelago; W. Pacific Ocean: Caroline Islands, Halik Atoll. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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