Foraminifera taxon details
Pseudomassilina Lacroix, 1938
112034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112034)
accepted
Genus
Massilina australis Cushman, 1932 accepted as Pseudomassilina australis (Cushman, 1932) (type by original designation)
- Species Pseudomassilina australis (Cushman, 1932)
- Species Pseudomassilina bogdanowiczi Popescu, 1979 †
- Species Pseudomassilina corrugata Lacroix, 1938
- Species Pseudomassilina macilenta (Brady, 1884)
- Species Pseudomassilina mediolata Whittaker & Hodgkinson, 1979 †
- Species Pseudomassilina oblonga Lacroix, 1938
- Species Pseudomassilina pacificensis (Cushman, 1924)
- Species Pseudomassilina reticulata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915)
- Species Pseudomassilina robusta Lacroix, 1938
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Lacroix, E. (1938). Révision du genre Massilina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 754: 1-11.
page(s): p. 3 [details]
page(s): p. 3 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Pseudomassilina Lacroix, 1938. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112034 on 2024-04-16
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original description
Lacroix, E. (1938). Révision du genre Massilina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 754: 1-11.
page(s): p. 3 [details]
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 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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page(s): p. 3 [details]
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 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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test subcircular in outline, flattened, chambers one-half coil in length, early stage quinqueloculine, later planispiral with gradually shorter chambers so that final stage may have more than two chambers per whorl; wall calcareous, imperforate, thin and translucent, with finely pitted surface; aperture at the end of the final chamber, a very elongate narrow slit, with bordering lip but without a tooth. Holocene; central Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
