Foraminifera taxon details
Paumotua Loeblich, 1952
582378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582378)
accepted
Genus
Eponides terebra Cushman, 1933 accepted as Paumotua terebra (Cushman, 1930) (type by original designation)
- Species Paumotua terebra (Cushman, 1930)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Loeblich A. R. (1952). New Recent foraminiferal genera from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 189-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697535
page(s): p. 192 [details]
page(s): p. 192 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Paumotua Loeblich, 1952. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582378 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Loeblich A. R. (1952). New Recent foraminiferal genera from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 189-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697535
page(s): p. 192 [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
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page(s): p. 192 [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
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Diagnosis Test trochospiral with about two and a half whorls, planoconvex, spiral side convex, umbilical side flattened and umbilicate, chambers enlarging slowly as added, about nine in the final whorl, sutures flush to slightly depressed, strongly oblique on the spiral side, curved and radial on the umbilical side, periphery subangular; wall calcareous, hyaline, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture a low interiomarginal arch midway between the umbilicus and periphery, supplementary apertures on the umbilical side consist of one or two rounded to ovate openings per chamber, aligned parallel to the periphery, in line with the primary aperture and progressively larger in later chambers. Holocene; Pacific Ocean: Paumotu Island. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]