WoRMS name details
Discotruncana Shirai, 1960
835282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:835282)
unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Genus
Discotruncana japonica Shirai, 1960 † accepted as Planulinoides japonicus (Shirai, 1960) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Shirai, T. (1960). New genus and species of foraminifera from the Pliocene formation, southwestern Hokkaido. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, ser. 4, Geology and Mineralogy.</em> 10: 537-543., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2115/35914
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Discotruncana Shirai, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835282 on 2025-11-24
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Nomenclature
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Shirai, T. (1960). New genus and species of foraminifera from the Pliocene formation, southwestern Hokkaido. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, ser. 4, Geology and Mineralogy.</em> 10: 537-543., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2115/35914
page(s): p. 539 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 539 [details] Available for editors
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