CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Loeblichella Pessagno, 1967
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Original Description Test low. trochospiral without imperforate peripheral band or carina. Primary aperture, slitlike, extrattntbilical-umbilical to spiroumbilical in position with broad, well-developed portici extending into wide. shallow umbilicus. Sutural supplementary apertures present on the spiral side of test only. Outer wall. radial hyaline perforare: portica microperforate granular hyaline, perforate (?). Size: Etymology: Named for Helen Loeblich Tappan in honor of her numerous contributions to micropalaeontology. Extra details from original publication Remarks.- Loeblichella differs from Hedbergella (1) by posessing sutural supplemenary apertures on the spiral side of the test and (2) by having a primary aperture which varies between extraumbilical and spiroumbilical in position. Editors' Notes
References:
Pessagno, E. A. (1967). Upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera from the western Gulf Coastal Plain. Palaeontographica Americana. 5: 245-445. gsVO
Loeblichella compiled by the pforams@mikrotax project teamviewed: 6-2-2023
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