Foraminifera taxon details
Sahulia Loeblich & Tappan, 1985
415950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415950)
accepted
Genus
Sahulia patelliformis Loeblich & Tappan, 1985 accepted as Sahulia barkeri (Hofker, 1978) (type by original designation)
- Species Sahulia barkeri (Hofker, 1978)
- Species Sahulia conica (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Sahulia kerimbaensis (Said, 1949)
- Species Sahulia lutzei Langer, 1992
- Species Sahulia neorugosa (Thalmann, 1950)
- Species Sahulia peritubula (Zheng, 1988)
- Species Sahulia patelliformis Loeblich & Tappan, 1985 accepted as Sahulia barkeri (Hofker, 1978) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Jones (1994), Zheng and Fu (2001))
- Species Sahulia saidi Anan, 2025 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in on-line journal, unregistered)
- Species Sahulia tanzanica Anan, 2025 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Name published in an electronic publication unregistered in ZooBank, invalid for nomenclatural purposes according to the 2012 Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1985). Some new and redefined genera and families of agglutinated foraminifera; II. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 15(3): 175-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.15.3.175
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Diagnosis Test free, biserial throughout and forming a low cone with circular outline, septa nearly horizontal or slightly arched,...
Diagnosis Test free, biserial throughout and forming a low cone with circular outline, septa nearly horizontal or slightly arched, chambers very broad and low, chamber interior simple and undivided; wall finely agglutinated, thin, canaliculate; aperture at the base of the apertural face, forming a low and nearly straight slit across the center of the flattened terminal face, with a distinct flaplike lip bordering the opening, apertural reentrant present at the ends of the lip. Holocene; central and S. Pacific; N. Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sahulia Loeblich & Tappan, 1985. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415950 on 2026-07-24
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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z
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original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1985). Some new and redefined genera and families of agglutinated foraminifera; II. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 15(3): 175-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.15.3.175
page(s): p. 203 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 203 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test free, biserial throughout and forming a low cone with circular outline, septa nearly horizontal or slightly arched, chambers very broad and low, chamber interior simple and undivided; wall finely agglutinated, thin, canaliculate; aperture at the base of the apertural face, forming a low and nearly straight slit across the center of the flattened terminal face, with a distinct flaplike lip bordering the opening, apertural reentrant present at the ends of the lip. Holocene; central and S. Pacific; N. Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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