Foraminifera taxon details
Tetrataxis conica Ehrenberg, 1854 †
899058 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:899058)
accepted
Species
- Variety Tetrataxis conica var. gibba Möller, 1879 † accepted as Monotaxis gibba (Möller, 1879) † accepted as Howchinia gibba (Möller, 1879) † (Type species of Monotaxis)
- Variety Tetrataxis conica var. lata Spandel, 1901 † accepted as Tetrataxis lata Spandel, 1901 † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Galloway and Ryniker (1930), Morozova (1949))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Das Erden und Felsen schaffende Wirken des unsichtbar kleinen selbstständigen Lebens auf der Erde. [Texte]. Leopold Voss, Leipzig., xxviii + 374 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118752
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Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Einundvierzig Tafeln mit über viertausend grossentheils colorirten Figuren, gezeichnet vom Verfasser. [Atlas]. <em>Leopold Voss, Leipzig.</em> 41 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207209
page(s): p. 24 pl. 37 fig. 12-13 [details]
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Einundvierzig Tafeln mit über viertausend grossentheils colorirten Figuren, gezeichnet vom Verfasser. [Atlas]. <em>Leopold Voss, Leipzig.</em> 41 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207209
page(s): p. 24 pl. 37 fig. 12-13 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Tetrataxis conica Ehrenberg, 1854 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=899058 on 2026-03-24
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Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Das Erden und Felsen schaffende Wirken des unsichtbar kleinen selbstständigen Lebens auf der Erde. [Texte]. Leopold Voss, Leipzig., xxviii + 374 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.118752
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Einundvierzig Tafeln mit über viertausend grossentheils colorirten Figuren, gezeichnet vom Verfasser. [Atlas]. <em>Leopold Voss, Leipzig.</em> 41 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207209
page(s): p. 24 pl. 37 fig. 12-13 [details]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
subsequent type designation Nestler, H. (1973). The Types of Tetrataxis conica Ehrenberg, 1854, and Tetrataxis palaeotrochus (Ehrenberg, 1854). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 19(3): 366-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484884 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description Ehrenberg, C.G. (1854). Mikrogeologie. Einundvierzig Tafeln mit über viertausend grossentheils colorirten Figuren, gezeichnet vom Verfasser. [Atlas]. <em>Leopold Voss, Leipzig.</em> 41 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/207209
page(s): p. 24 pl. 37 fig. 12-13 [details]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
subsequent type designation Nestler, H. (1973). The Types of Tetrataxis conica Ehrenberg, 1854, and Tetrataxis palaeotrochus (Ehrenberg, 1854). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 19(3): 366-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484884 [details] Available for editors
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