Foraminifera taxon details
Proemassilina Lacroix, 1938
415862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415862)
accepted
Genus
Massilina rugosa Sidebottom, 1904 accepted as Proemassilina rugosa (Sidebottom, 1904) (type by original designation)
- Species Proemassilina rugosa (Sidebottom, 1904)
- Species Proemassilina arenaria (Brady, 1884) accepted as Sigmoilopsis arenaria (Brady, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Łuczkowska (1974), Łuczkowska in Jones (1994))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacroix, E. (1938). Révision du genre Massilina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 754: 1-11.
page(s): p. 3 [details]
page(s): p. 3 [details]
Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, slightly flattened, periphery broadly rounded, early chambers quinqueloculine, later added in a...
Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, slightly flattened, periphery broadly rounded, early chambers quinqueloculine, later added in a single plane on alternate sides as in Spiroloculina; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, rugose surface due to longitudinal striations; aperture terminal, ovate, with an elongate and terminally bifid tooth. Holocene; Mediterranean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Proemassilina Lacroix, 1938. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415862 on 2026-05-02
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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z
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original description
Lacroix, E. (1938). Révision du genre Massilina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 754: 1-11.
page(s): p. 3 [details]
additional source 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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page(s): p. 3 [details]
additional source 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 ovate in outline, slightly flattened, periphery broadly rounded, early chambers quinqueloculine, later added in a single plane on alternate sides as in Spiroloculina; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, rugose surface due to longitudinal striations; aperture terminal, ovate, with an elongate and terminally bifid tooth. Holocene; Mediterranean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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