WoRMS taxon details
Pippinia McCulloch, 1977
721967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721967)
accepted
Genus
Pippinia galapagosensis McCulloch, 1977 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Pippinia McCulloch, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721967 on 2025-03-05
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Nomenclature
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McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
[request]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 planoconvex, rounded to ovate in outline, chambers one-half coil in length but hemispherical rather than tubular, nearly completely overlapping previous chambers on the strongly convex side of the test, leaving two chambers visible in the young stage but later with final chamber completely overlapping others on that side, coiling evolute on the flattened or slightly convex side where all earlier chambers remain visible; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, white, surface smooth; aperture terminal, rounded, facing the flattened side of the test, with a broad spatulate tooth or flap. Holocene; Galapagos Islands. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
