Foraminifera taxon details
Spinodiscorbis Taylor, 1986 †
721492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721492)
accepted
Genus
Spinodiscorbis tasmanensis Taylor, 1986 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
Taylor, S. H. (1986). Spinodiscorbis, a new genus in Discorbidae Foraminiferida. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 16(1): 71-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.16.1.71
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Spinodiscorbis Taylor, 1986 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721492 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Taylor, S. H. (1986). Spinodiscorbis, a new genus in Discorbidae Foraminiferida. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 16(1): 71-73., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.16.1.71
page(s): p. 71 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
page(s): p. 71 [details] Available for editors
[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
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Diagnosis Test in low trochospiral coil, planoconvex to inequally biconvex, spiral side flattened and evolute, chambers inflated on nearly involute umbilical side, six to seven chambers in the final whorl, umbilical border of the chamber provided with a subtriangular umbilical flap, sutures radial, gently curved, depressed, periphery prominently carinate, the keel grading into spinose projections that become more numerous and compound on later chambers; wall calcareous, optically radial, coarsely perforate on the spiral side, extremely finely perforate on the umbilical side, peripheral keel and spinose projections imperforate; aperture interiomarginal, equatorial but extending farther onto the umbilical side, bordered by a prominent lip that is continuous with the umbilical flap, portion of aperture at the proximal margin of the flap may remain open as relict apertures for much of the final whorl. U. Pliocene to M. Pleistocene; S. Pacific: Tasman Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]