original description
Cushman, J. A.; White, E. M. (1936). Pyrgoella, a new genus of the Miliolidae. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 12(4): 90-91., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/12cclfr4.pdf
page(s): p. 90 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record
Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test subglobular, early stage with chambers one-half coil in length and pseudotriloculine in arrangement, later biloculine with successive chambers strongly overlapping the preceding ones; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture in the early stage with a large triangular tooth, in the adult the tooth is attached at both ends, dividing the V-shaped opening into two separate elongate openings, additional straight, sinuate, or V-shaped openings may also occur. Pleistocene to Holocene; S. Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico; USA: California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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