WoRMS taxon details
Ammoscalaria Höglund, 1947
112322 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112322)
accepted
Genus
Haplophragmium tenuimargo Brady, 1882 accepted as Ammoscalaria tenuimargo (Brady, 1882) (type by original designation)
- Species Ammoscalaria agrestiformis Zheng & Fu, 2001
- Species Ammoscalaria compressa (Cushman & McCulloch, 1939)
- Species Ammoscalaria ensiformis Zheng & Fu, 2001
- Species Ammoscalaria georgescotti Hayward, 2010
- Species Ammoscalaria pseudospiralis (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Ammoscalaria runiana (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1916)
- Species Ammoscalaria tenuimargo (Brady, 1882)
- Species Ammoscalaria tenuissima Zheng & Fu, 2001
- Species Ammoscalaria fluvialis Parker, 1952 accepted as Ammomarginulina fluvialis (Parker, 1952) accepted as Ammotium morenoi (Acosta, 1940)
- Species Ammoscalaria foliacea (Brady, 1881) accepted as Eratidus foliaceus (Brady, 1881)
- Species Ammoscalaria morenoi (Acosta, 1940) accepted as Ammotium morenoi (Acosta, 1940) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Höglund, H. (1947). Foraminifera in the Gullmar Fjord and the Skagerak. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 26: 1-328., available online at https://paleoarchive.com/literature/Hoglund1947-ForaminiferaGullmarFjordSkagerak.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Ammoscalaria Höglund, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112322 on 2024-08-15
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original description
Höglund, H. (1947). Foraminifera in the Gullmar Fjord and the Skagerak. <em>Zoologiska bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 26: 1-328., available online at https://paleoarchive.com/literature/Hoglund1947-ForaminiferaGullmarFjordSkagerak.pdf [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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 free, elongate, flattened, early portion with one to two planispiral whorls, later uncoiling and rectilinear, with short and broad chambers separated by the very thin, straight, and horizontal partitions comprised only of organic material and pierced centrally by an intercameral foramen that has a short tubular neck; outer wall thick and coarsely agglutinated on an organic lining, surface rough, that of the region near the aperture much thinner and more fine grained; aperture terminal and rounded, slightly produced. U. Cretaceous (Campanian) to Eocene, Holocene; Asiatic USSR: Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen; N. and S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico from 161 m to 5,011 m; S. Pacific from 2,012m to3,109 m; N. Pacific at 7,224 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]