Foraminifera taxon details

Ophthalmina Rhumbler, 1936

520793  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520793)

accepted
Genus
Ophthalmina kilianensis Rhumbler, 1936 (type by original designation)

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Rhumbler, L. (1936). Foraminiferen der Kieler Bucht, gesammelt durch A. Remane, II. Teil. (Ammodisculinidae bis einschl. Textulinidae.). <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 1: 179-242.
page(s): p. 217 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Ophthalmina Rhumbler, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520793 on 2024-04-23
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2010-09-17 12:15:07Z
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2010-09-22 07:34:28Z
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original description Rhumbler, L. (1936). Foraminiferen der Kieler Bucht, gesammelt durch A. Remane, II. Teil. (Ammodisculinidae bis einschl. Textulinidae.). <em>Kieler Meeresforschungen.</em> 1: 179-242.
page(s): p. 217 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test discoidal, sides flattened, periphery rounded, globular proloculus followed by closely appressed nonseptate cornuspirine planispiral coil and then by two rapidly enlarging chambers per whorl; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture simple, at the open end of the final chamber. Holocene; N. Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]