Foraminifera taxon details

Vaughanina Palmer, 1934 †

722376  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722376)

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Genus
Vaughanina cubensis Palmer, 1934 † (type by original designation)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Palmer, D. K. (1934), Some large fossil foraminifera from Cuba. <em>Memorias de Ia Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey".</em> 8: 235-264.
page(s): p. 240 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Vaughanina Palmer, 1934 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722376 on 2024-04-27
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original description Palmer, D. K. (1934), Some large fossil foraminifera from Cuba. <em>Memorias de Ia Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural "Felipe Poey".</em> 8: 235-264.
page(s): p. 240 [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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Diagnosis Test lenticular, bilocular juvenarium followed by five to twenty-seven uniserial chambers in a low trochospire and with rudimentary peripheral sulcus, neanic stage with single equatorial layer of annular chambers surrounding the early spire, two alternating systems of vertical radial plates, separated by a narrow gap, project from roof and floor into the equatorial layer, equatorial layer partially covered on both sides by lateral layers of regular tiers of chambers separated by pillars, but in the peripheral part of the outer flange numerous radial plates remain exposed and project slightly as a delicate pectinate margin, large radial stolons pierce the annular walls near the floor and roof of the equatorial layer, stolons and fine pores connect the equatorial layer with chambers of the lateral layers, and lateral chambers are similarly interconnected. U. Cretaceous (U. Campanian to Maastrichtian); Cuba; USA: Florida; Mexico; Guatemala; Venezuela. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]