a. and sb. Zool. [f. mod.L. Textulāria, generic name (f. L. text-us woven) + -AN.] a. adj. Belonging to Textularia, the typical genus of Textulariidæ, a family of perforate Foraminifera. b. sb. A member of this genus or family.
1862. Carpenter, Microsc. & Rev. (ed. 3), § 317. A less aberrant modification of the Globigerine type … is presented in the two great series which may be designated … as the Textularian and the Rotalian.
