Foraminifera taxon details

Acostina Bermúdez, 1949

722222  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722222)

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  1. Species Acostina piramidalis (Acosta, 1940)
  2. Species Acostina piramidale (Acosta, 1940) accepted as Acostina piramidalis (Acosta, 1940) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet, Genus is feminine)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Bermúdez, P. J. (1949). Tertiary smaller foraminifera of the Dominican Republic. <em>Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research special publication.</em> 25: 1-322., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b61339 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Acostina Bermúdez, 1949. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722222 on 2024-04-23
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original description Bermúdez, P. J. (1949). Tertiary smaller foraminifera of the Dominican Republic. <em>Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research special publication.</em> 25: 1-322., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b61339 [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 elongate, pyramidal, triangular in section, angles carinate, chambers increasing rapidly in breadth but slowly in height as added, uniserial throughout, overlapping previous chambers for about half their height, terminal face domelike, sutures slightly arched at the center of the flattened faces, curving back on the angles; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth; aperture cribrate, consisting of numerous small pores at the center of the terminal face and produced on a slight neck. U. Oligocene to Holocene; Cuba; Dominican Republic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]