Foraminifera taxon details
Dentalinopsis Reuss, 1860 †
722060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722060)
accepted
Genus
Dentalinopsis semitriquetra Reuss, 1860 † (type by monotypy)
- Species Dentalinopsis globuliferum (Reuss, 1860) †
- Species Dentalinopsis nodosaria Tappan, 1943 †
- Species Dentalinopsis semitriquetra Reuss, 1860 †
- Species Dentalinopsis acutangula (Reuss, 1863) † accepted as Tristix acutangula (Reuss, 1863) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dentalinopsis chapparsi Tappan, 1943 † accepted as Tristix chapparsi (Tappan, 1943) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Frizzell (1954))
- Species Dentalinopsis excavata (Reuss, 1863) † accepted as Tricarinella excavata (Reuss, 1863) †
- Species Dentalinopsis gigantea Vieaux, 1941 † accepted as Tristix gigantea (Vieaux, 1941) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Frizzell (1954))
- Species Dentalinopsis maertensi (Reuss, 1863) † accepted as Tristix acutangula (Reuss, 1863) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Dentalinopsis quadrata Vieaux, 1941 † accepted as Tristix quadrata (Vieaux, 1941) † (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1952))
- Species Dentalinopsis subquadrata Tappan, 1940 † accepted as Tristix subquadrata (Tappan, 1940) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1952))
- Species Dentalinopsis subtriquetra Reuss, 1863 † accepted as Dentalinopsis semitriquetra Reuss, 1860 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Species Dentalinopsis tricarinatum (d'Orbigny, 1826) † accepted as Prismatomorphia tricarinata (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) (unaccepted > misapplication)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Reuss, A. E. (1860). Die Foraminiferen der westphälischen Kreideformation. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaflichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 40 (8): 147-238., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6442360 [details] 
Diagnosis Test narrow, elongate, uniserial, straight to slightly arcuate, early chambers triangular in section or rounded with three...
Diagnosis Test narrow, elongate, uniserial, straight to slightly arcuate, early chambers triangular in section or rounded with three longitudinal carinae, final chamber rounded in section, sutures arched on the faces in the angular portion, straight in the globular to ovoid final chamber; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth other than the three angles or carinae; aperture terminal, rounded. L. Cretaceous (Hauterivian); Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Dentalinopsis Reuss, 1860 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722060 on 2026-04-10
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Reuss, A. E. (1860). Die Foraminiferen der westphälischen Kreideformation. <em>Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaflichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> 40 (8): 147-238., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6442360 [details]
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
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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
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Diagnosis Test narrow, elongate, uniserial, straight to slightly arcuate, early chambers triangular in section or rounded with three longitudinal carinae, final chamber rounded in section, sutures arched on the faces in the angular portion, straight in the globular to ovoid final chamber; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth other than the three angles or carinae; aperture terminal, rounded. L. Cretaceous (Hauterivian); Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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