Foraminifera taxon details

Silicoloculinidae Resig et al., 1980

720962  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:720962)

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  1. Genus Miliammellus Saidova & Burmistrova, 1978
  2. Genus Silicoloculina Resig, Lowenstam, Echols & Weiner, 1980 accepted as Miliammellus Saidova & Burmistrova, 1978 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Resig, J. M.; Lowenstam, H. A.; Echols, R. J.; Weiner, S. (1980). An extant opaline foraminifer: test ultrastructure, mineralogy, and taxonomy. <em>Special Publications of the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 19: 205-214. [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Silicoloculinidae Resig et al., 1980. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720962 on 2024-03-28
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original description Resig, J. M.; Lowenstam, H. A.; Echols, R. J.; Weiner, S. (1980). An extant opaline foraminifer: test ultrastructure, mineralogy, and taxonomy. <em>Special Publications of the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 19: 205-214. [details]   

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  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test small, coiled, proloculus followed by chambers of about one-half coil in length, plane of coiling changing as in the miliolines; aperture terminal on the final chamber, appearing as an arched slit because of the broad toothlike flap projecting from one margin. U. Miocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]