Foraminifera taxon details

Tetrataxis Ehrenberg, 1854 †

721400  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721400)

accepted
Genus
Artetraxoum Rhumbler, 1913 † · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan,...)  
Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 err. emend.
Globotetrataxis Brazhnikova, 1983 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)  
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Hance, Hou and Vachard (2011) reproductive? stage
Pseudotetrataxis Marie, 1961 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)  
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
Ruditaxis Schubert, 1921 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)  
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Tetrataxis (Globotetrataxis) Brazhnikova, 1983 † · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich &Tappan...)  
Opinion of Loeblich &Tappan (1987) nomen translatum

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  1. Species Tetrataxis aculeata Wang, 1985 †
  2. Species Tetrataxis acuta Durkina, 1959 †
  3. Species Tetrataxis acutiformis Potievskaya, 1958 †
  4. Species Tetrataxis angusta Vissarionova, 1948 †
  5. Species Tetrataxis barkhatovae Grozdilova & Lebedeva, 1960 †
  6. Species Tetrataxis bashkirica Morozova, 1949 †
  7. Species Tetrataxis beschevensis Potievskaya, 1967 †
  8. Species Tetrataxis biconvexa St. Jean, 1957 †
  9. Species Tetrataxis bogushi Ueno & Nakazawa, 1993 †
  10. Species Tetrataxis bradyi Hallett, 1971 †
  11. Species Tetrataxis brigantiae Hallett, 1971 †
  12. Species Tetrataxis burtzevkensis Baryshnikov, 1982 †
  13. Species Tetrataxis compactus Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  14. Species Tetrataxis compressa (Brady, 1876) †
  15. Species Tetrataxis concava Galloway & Ryniker, 1930 †
  16. Species Tetrataxis concinna Nie & Song, 1985 †
  17. Species Tetrataxis conica Ehrenberg, 1854 †
  18. Species Tetrataxis conifolis Wang, 1982 †
  19. Species Tetrataxis conili Pelhâte, 1967 †
  20. Species Tetrataxis convexa Malakhova, 1980 †
  21. Species Tetrataxis corona Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
  22. Species Tetrataxis cumulosa Lee, 1937 †
  23. Species Tetrataxis curviseptata Morozova, 1949 †
  24. Species Tetrataxis decurrens (Brady, 1876) †
  25. Species Tetrataxis dentata Vissarionova, 1948 †
  26. Species Tetrataxis deplanata Zub, 1975 †
  27. Species Tetrataxis depressus Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  28. Species Tetrataxis dievi Malakhova, 1956 †
  29. Species Tetrataxis digna Grozdilova & Lebedeva, 1954 †
  30. Species Tetrataxis donetzica Putrya, 1956 †
  31. Species Tetrataxis elegans Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  32. Species Tetrataxis elegans Suleymanov, 1949 †
  33. Species Tetrataxis elegantula Brazhnikova, 1983 †
  34. Species Tetrataxis elliptica Wasfi, El Sweify & Abdelmalik, 1982 †
  35. Species Tetrataxis emaciatus Conil & Lys, 1965 †
  36. Species Tetrataxis eomaxima Putrya, 1956 †
  37. Species Tetrataxis excentrica Wasfi, El Sweify & Abdelmalik, 1982 †
  38. Species Tetrataxis exornatus Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  39. Species Tetrataxis extensa Potievskaya, 1964 †
  40. Species Tetrataxis fluxus Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  41. Species Tetrataxis fortis Bogush & Yuferev, 1976 †
  42. Species Tetrataxis gigantea Pinard & Mamet, 1998 †
  43. Species Tetrataxis gigas Brazhnikova, 1956 †
  44. Species Tetrataxis gradi Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  45. Species Tetrataxis grandis Brazhnikova, 1983 †
  46. Species Tetrataxis guangxiensis Lin, Li & Sun, 1990 †
  47. Species Tetrataxis hainandaoensis Zhang, 1995 †
  48. Species Tetrataxis hawesensis Hallett, 1971 †
  49. Species Tetrataxis hemiovoides Morozova, 1949 †
  50. Species Tetrataxis hemisphaerica Morozova, 1949 †
  51. Species Tetrataxis heshunensis Xia & Zhang, 1984 †
  52. Species Tetrataxis immatura Grozdilova & Lebedeva, 1954 †
  53. Species Tetrataxis incurva Monostori, 1974 †
  54. Species Tetrataxis irregularis Morozova, 1949 †
  55. Species Tetrataxis izhmica Durkina, 1959 †
  56. Species Tetrataxis labiata St. Jean, 1957 †
  57. Species Tetrataxis laibinensis Lin, 1978 †
  58. Species Tetrataxis lata Spandel, 1901 †
  59. Species Tetrataxis lata Potievskaya, 1958 †
  60. Species Tetrataxis lepida Wang, 2002 †
  61. Species Tetrataxis libera Skvortsov in Poyarkov & Skvortsov, 1979 †
  62. Species Tetrataxis lichuanensis Lin, Li & Zheng in Lin, Li & Sun, 1990 †
  63. Species Tetrataxis linea Ozawa, 1925 †
  64. Species Tetrataxis media Vissarionova, 1948 †
  65. Species Tetrataxis millsapensis Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
  66. Species Tetrataxis minima Lee & Chen, 1930 †
  67. Species Tetrataxis minuta Morozova, 1949 †
  68. Species Tetrataxis minuta Lin, 1985 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Tetrataxis minuta Morozova, 1949)
  69. Species Tetrataxis mira Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  70. Species Tetrataxis nana Morozova, 1949 †
  71. Species Tetrataxis nemejci Vašíček & Růžička, 1957 †
  72. Species Tetrataxis nota Malakhova, 1980 †
  73. Species Tetrataxis numerabilis Reitlinger, 1950 †
  74. Species Tetrataxis obliquus Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  75. Species Tetrataxis obtusus Malakhova, 1956 †
  76. Species Tetrataxis pagodaformis Lee, 1937 †
  77. Species Tetrataxis pagodatectum Kobayashi & Vachard, 2022 †
  78. Species Tetrataxis palaeotrochus (Ehrenberg, 1854) †
  79. Species Tetrataxis pallae Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  80. Species Tetrataxis paraconica Reitlinger, 1950 †
  81. Species Tetrataxis paraminima Vissarionova, 1948 †
  82. Species Tetrataxis paraplana Lin, Li & Sun, 1990 †
  83. Species Tetrataxis parviconica Lee & Chen, 1930 †
  84. Species Tetrataxis paulus Woszczyńska, 1981 †
  85. Species Tetrataxis perfidus Malakhova, 1956 †
  86. Species Tetrataxis petasi Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  87. Species Tetrataxis plana Morozova, 1949 †
  88. Species Tetrataxis planiseptata Wang, 1974 †
  89. Species Tetrataxis planispiralis Reitlinger, 1950 †
  90. Species Tetrataxis planolocula Lee & Chen, 1930 †
  91. Species Tetrataxis planoseptata Morozova, 1949 †
  92. Species Tetrataxis planulata Morozova, 1949 †
  93. Species Tetrataxis postminima Potievskaya, 1962 †
  94. Species Tetrataxis pratenta Nie & Song, 1985 †
  95. Species Tetrataxis pressula Malakhova, 1956 †
  96. Species Tetrataxis prima Zolotova, 1980 †
  97. Species Tetrataxis pusillus Golubtsov, 1957 †
  98. Species Tetrataxis quasiconica Brazhnikova, 1956 †
  99. Species Tetrataxis regularis Brazhnikova, 1956 †
  100. Species Tetrataxis rudis (Brady, 1876) †
  101. Species Tetrataxis rugosus Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  102. Species Tetrataxis schellwieni Ozawa, 1925 †
  103. Species Tetrataxis scita Lin, 1985 †
  104. Species Tetrataxis scutella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
  105. Species Tetrataxis secunda Zolotova & Igonin, 1967 †
  106. Species Tetrataxis shanxiensis Xia & Zhang, 1984 †
  107. Species Tetrataxis shikhanensis Morozova, 1949 †
  108. Species Tetrataxis subconica Morozova, 1949 †
  109. Species Tetrataxis subcylindricus Conil & Lys, 1964 †
  110. Species Tetrataxis submedia Brazhnikova, 1956 †
  111. Species Tetrataxis torosus Postoyalko, 1975 †
  112. Species Tetrataxis turboides Pratje, 1923 †
  113. Species Tetrataxis vaccula Roth & Skinner, 1930 †
  114. Species Tetrataxis volongaensis Grozdilova & Lebedeva, 1960 †
  115. Species Tetrataxis zellerorum Petri, 1956 †
  116. Species Tetrataxis zhesiensis Xia & Zhang, 1984 †
  117. Species Tetrataxis zhungerensis Zhu & Lin, 1987 †
  118. Subgenus Tetrataxis (Globotetrataxis) Brazhnikova, 1983 † accepted as Globotetrataxis Brazhnikova, 1983 † accepted as Tetrataxis Ehrenberg, 1854 † (Opinion of Loeblich &Tappan (1987) nomen translatum)
    1. Species Tetrataxis (Globotetrataxis) elegantula Brazhnikova, 1983 † accepted as Globotetrataxis elegantula (Brazhnikova, 1983) † accepted as Tetrataxis elegantula Brazhnikova, 1983 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Type species of Globotetrataxis)
    2. Species Tetrataxis (Globotetrataxis) grandis Brazhnikova, 1983 † accepted as Tetrataxis grandis Brazhnikova, 1983 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard (2023) pers. comm.)
    3. Species Tetrataxis (Globotetrataxis) mira Conil & Lys, 1964 † accepted as Tetrataxis mira Conil & Lys, 1964 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  119. Species Tetrataxis acutus Durkina, 1959 † accepted as Tetrataxis acuta Durkina, 1959 † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, Genus is feminine [táxis is feminine in Greek])
  120. Species Tetrataxis brazhnikovae Bogush & Yuferev, 1966 † accepted as Endotaxis brazhnikovae (Bogush & Yuferev, 1966) † (Type species of Endotaxis)
  121. Species Tetrataxis conciliatus Ganelina, 1956 † accepted as Valvulinella conciliata (Ganelina, 1956) †
  122. Species Tetrataxis dzhezkazganicus Vdovenko, 1962 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis dzhezkazganicus (Vdovenko, 1962) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  123. Species Tetrataxis eominima Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948 † accepted as Pseudotaxis eominima (Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948) † (Type species of Pseudotaxis)
  124. Species Tetrataxis expansus Malakhova, 1956 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis expansa (Malakhova, 1956) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  125. Species Tetrataxis humilis Kristan, 1957 † accepted as Duotaxis humilis (Kristan, 1957) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vuks (2000))
  126. Species Tetrataxis inflata Kristan, 1957 † accepted as Duotaxis inflatus (Kristan, 1957) † accepted as Duotaxis inflata (Kristan, 1957) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Pronina and Vuks (1996), Gale et al. (2020))
  127. Species Tetrataxis kingiricus Vdovenko, 1962 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis kingirica (Vdovenko, 1962) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  128. Species Tetrataxis kiselicus Malakhova, 1956 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis kiselica (Malakhova, 1956) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  129. Species Tetrataxis lata Bogush & Yuferev, 1962 † accepted as Tetrataxis bogushi Ueno & Nakazawa, 1993 † (Primary junior homonym of T. lata Spandel, 1901)
  130. Species Tetrataxis maxima Schellwien, 1898 † accepted as Polytaxis maxima (Schellwien, 1898) † (Opinion of Kochansky-Devidé (1970))
  131. Species Tetrataxis minuta Brazhnikova, 1951 † accepted as Tetrataxis brazhnikovae Bogush & Yuferev, 1966 † accepted as Endotaxis brazhnikovae (Bogush & Yuferev, 1966) † (Primary junior homonym of Tetrataxis minuta Morozova, 1949)
  132. Species Tetrataxis mirus Conil & Lys, 1964 † accepted as Tetrataxis mira Conil & Lys, 1964 † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, Genus is feminine)
  133. Species Tetrataxis multiloculata Cushman & Waters, 1927 † accepted as Polytaxis multiloculata (Cushman & Waters, 1927) † (Opinion of Cushman and Waters (1928))
  134. Species Tetrataxis nanus Kristan-Tollmann, 1964 † accepted as Duotaxis nanus (Kristan-Tollmann, 1964) † accepted as Duotaxis nana (Kristan-Tollmann, 1964) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Gale (2010))
  135. Species Tetrataxis notabilis Malakhova, 1956 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis notabilis (Malakhova, 1956) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  136. Species Tetrataxis ovalis Vdovenko, 1962 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis ovalis (Vdovenko, 1962) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  137. Species Tetrataxis plicata (Brady, 1876) † accepted as Trochammina plicata (Brady, 1876) † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis plicata (Brady, 1876) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  138. Species Tetrataxis pressulus Malakhova, 1956 † accepted as Tetrataxis pressula Malakhova, 1956 † (Genus is feminine)
  139. Species Tetrataxis pusillus Conil & Lys, 1964 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis conili Vachard, Krainer & Schönlaub, 2018 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of T. pusillus Golubtsov, 1957)
  140. Species Tetrataxis sussaicus Malakhova, 1956 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis sussaica (Malakhova, 1956) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  141. Species Tetrataxis vulgaris Malakhova, 1956 † accepted as Pseudoendotaxis vulgaris (Malakhova, 1956) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard et al. (2018))
  142. Species Tetrataxis zelleri Petri, 1956 † accepted as Tetrataxis zellerorum Petri, 1956 † (Named in honor of E. J. Zeller and D. N. Zeller)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Das Erden und Felsen schaffende Wirken des unsichtbar kleinen selbstständigen Lebens auf der Erde. [Texte]. Leopold Voss, Leipzig., xxviii + 374 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118752
page(s): p. 24 [details]   

Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Einundvierzig Tafeln mit über viertausend grossentheils colorirten Figuren, Gezeichnet vom Verfasser. [Atlas]. <em>Leopold Voss, Leipzig.</em> 41 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118752 [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Tetrataxis Ehrenberg, 1854 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721400 on 2024-04-24
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original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Das Erden und Felsen schaffende Wirken des unsichtbar kleinen selbstständigen Lebens auf der Erde. [Texte]. Leopold Voss, Leipzig., xxviii + 374 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118752
page(s): p. 24 [details]   

original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Einundvierzig Tafeln mit über viertausend grossentheils colorirten Figuren, Gezeichnet vom Verfasser. [Atlas]. <em>Leopold Voss, Leipzig.</em> 41 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118752 [details]   

original description  (of Tetrataxis (Globotetrataxis) Brazhnikova, 1983 †) Brazhnikova, N. E.; Vdovenko, M. V. (1983). фораминиферы - Foraminifera. In Aizenverg, D.E.; Astakhova, T.V.et al.: Верхнесерпуховский подъярус Донецкого бассейна - The Upper Serpukhovian substage in the Donets basin. <em>Киев: Наукова думка - Kiev, Naukova Dumka.</em> 42-67.
page(s): p. 58 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Artetraxoum Rhumbler, 1913 †) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278
page(s): p. 391 [details]   

original description  (of Ruditaxis Schubert, 1921 †) Schubert, R. (1921). Palaeontologische Daten zur Stammesgeschichte der Protozoen. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 3(1): 129-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03190414
page(s): p. 180 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Pseudotetrataxis Marie, 1961 †) Deleau, P.; Marie, P. (1961). Les Fusulinidés du Westphalien C du Bassin d'Abadla et quelques autres foraminifères du Carbonifère algérien (Région de Colomb-Bechar), Travaux des Collaborateurs. <em>Publications du Service de Ia Carte Géologique de l'Algérie, Bull., n. ser.</em> 25: 43-160.
page(s): p. 91 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record 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  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test conical, of varied height, circular in plan, numerous whorls formed by few, commonly four chambers per whorl, early chambers appearing rounded from the spiral side, those of later whorls becoming low, broad, and crescentiform but are strongly overlapping on the umbilical side where a median flap from the chambers partially overlaps the quadrilateral to cruciform umbilical cavity; wall calcareous, outer dark microgranular layer, and hyaline, white to amber-colored fibrous or radiate inner layer that is best developed on the test base around the umbilical opening; aperture a narrow slit beneath the valvular projection that opens into the umbilical cavity. L. Carboniferous (U. Tournaisian to Visean) to U. Carboniferous (Namurian, Moscovian); England; Scotland; Belgium; Spain; Poland; Algeria; Iran; USSR; China; Australia; USA: Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada, Alaska. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]