Foraminifera taxon details
Zotheculifida Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 †
737946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737946)
accepted
Genus
Textularia lirata Cushman & Jarvis, 1929 † accepted as Zotheculifida lirata (Cushman & Jarvis, 1929) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Eleven New Genera of Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 223-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32376730
page(s): p. 224 [details]
page(s): p. 224 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Zotheculifida Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737946 on 2024-09-10
Date
action
by
original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Eleven New Genera of Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 223-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32376730
page(s): p. 224 [details]
page(s): p. 224 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, compressed, elongate or palmate, the numerous broad, low and biserially arranged chambers may be somewhat excavated adjacent to the sutures, leaving the latter elevated, interior subdivided by vertical septula projecting downward from the chamber roof, that may be reflected externally as short ridges radiating downward from the sutures; wall finely agglutinated, smoothly finished; aperture a high narrow interiomarginal arch at the base of the final chamber. U. Oligocene to L. Miocene; Trinidad, West Indies. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
