original description
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1825-1827). <i>Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie</i>. Paris, Levrault 1-647 [1825], 649-664 + 109 pl. [1827]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43891 [details]
basis of record
Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free or attached, multilocular, planispirally enrolled in early stage, later may uncoil; wall agglutinated, nonperforate. U. Devonian to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]