Foraminifera taxon details
Mesopateoris McCulloch, 1977
721983 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721983)
accepted
Genus
Mesopateoris gullensis McCulloch, 1977 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Mesopateoris McCulloch, 1977. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721983 on 2024-03-28
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original description
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [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]
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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test ovoid in outline, compressed, periphery carinate, early stage quinqueloculine, later planispiral, with three chambers per whorl in the final whorls, chambers widest at the base, tapering toward the aperture; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, surface ornamented with numerous longitudinal to slightly oblique fine costae; aperture at the end of the final chamber, circular, bordered by a narrow lip, and with a slender bifid tooth. Holocene; E. Pacific, Santa Barbara Island, off California, at 45 m to 50 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]