CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Heterohelicidae Cushman 1927
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Original Description Test in the more primitive forms planospiral in the young,later becoming biserial, in the more specialized genera the spiral stage and even the biserial stage may be wanting and the rela-tionships shown by other characters; well calcareous, perforate, ornamentation in higher genera bilaterally symmetrical; aperture when simple, usually large for the size of the test, withoutteeth, in.some forms with apertural neck and phialine lip. Size: Etymology: Extra details from original publication
Editors' Notes
References:
Cushman, J. A. (1927a). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. 3: 1-105. gsVO
Heterohelicidae compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 6-2-2023
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