Foraminifera taxon details
Massilinoides McCulloch, 1977
556146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:556146)
accepted
Genus
Massilinoides hancocki McCulloch, 1977 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors 
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Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, slightly flattened, with truncate periphery, early chambers in quinqueloculine arrangement, later...
Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, slightly flattened, with truncate periphery, early chambers in quinqueloculine arrangement, later added in a single plane on alternate sides as in Spiroloculina; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, surface with longitudinal striae; aperture terminal, rounded, with a simple to bifid tooth that may attach at the sides to result in a multiple aperture. Holocene; Gulf of California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Massilinoides McCulloch, 1977. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556146 on 2026-04-05
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McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
[request]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, with truncate periphery, early chambers in quinqueloculine arrangement, later added in a single plane on alternate sides as in Spiroloculina; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, surface with longitudinal striae; aperture terminal, rounded, with a simple to bifid tooth that may attach at the sides to result in a multiple aperture. Holocene; Gulf of California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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