WoRMS taxon details

Elongobula Finlay, 1939

478847  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478847)

accepted
Genus
Elongobula chattonensis Finlay, 1939 † (type by original designation)

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Finlay, H. J. (1939). New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy - No. 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 69: 309-329., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_69/rsnz_69_03_003140.html
page(s): p. 321 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Elongobula Finlay, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478847 on 2024-04-16
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2010-06-08 03:16:22Z
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2018-01-01 15:16:30Z
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2020-03-08 15:09:06Z
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original description Finlay, H. J. (1939). New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy - No. 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 69: 309-329., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_69/rsnz_69_03_003140.html
page(s): p. 321 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test elongate, in a high trochospiral coil, circular to oval in section, chambers few per whorl, base apiculate, both intercameral sutures and spiral suture oblique to the longitudinal axis of the test, sutures faintly depressed; wall calcareous, surface smooth except for the radially striate terminal face, the grooves leading into the open umbilicus; apertural face obliquely truncated, with small interiomarginal umbilical opening. Oligocene; New Zealand; USA: Alabama. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]