Diagnosis
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Test irregular, spherical to ovoid, 0.7 mm in length; outer layer of cytoplasm with numerous densely packed but uncemented small elongate calcite spicules about 5 µmin length, produced by the protozoan, may also have some foreign matter external to the spicular layer; no definite aperture; nucleus large, round; fine and elongate pseudopodia with pronounced granular streaming may arise anywhere on surface but are most numerous at lateral margins. Marine. Holocene; North Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification)
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
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