Foraminifera taxon details
Warrenita Loeblich & Tappan, 1984
416145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416145)
accepted
Genus
Sulcophax palustris Warren, 1957 accepted as Warrenita palustris (Warren, 1957) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
page(s): p. 1160 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 1160 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test free, elongate, arcuate, with numerous gradually enlarging and laterally slightly compressed chambers that are...
Diagnosis Test free, elongate, arcuate, with numerous gradually enlarging and laterally slightly compressed chambers that are strongly overlapping, covering about one-half the length of the preceding chamber so that all chambers but the final one appear broader than high; wall very thin and delicate, finely agglutinated, smoothly finished; aperture a terminal arcuate slit, extending about one-third the breadth of the test. Holocene; at less than 2 m depth, in saline and polyhaline marshes; USA: Louisiana, Georgia: Sapelo Island. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Warrenita Loeblich & Tappan, 1984. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416145 on 2026-05-01
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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z
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original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
page(s): p. 1160 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 1160 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, elongate, arcuate, with numerous gradually enlarging and laterally slightly compressed chambers that are strongly overlapping, covering about one-half the length of the preceding chamber so that all chambers but the final one appear broader than high; wall very thin and delicate, finely agglutinated, smoothly finished; aperture a terminal arcuate slit, extending about one-third the breadth of the test. Holocene; at less than 2 m depth, in saline and polyhaline marshes; USA: Louisiana, Georgia: Sapelo Island. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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