Foraminifera taxon details
Paraophthalmidium Samuel & Borza, 1981 †
721407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721407)
accepted
Genus
Paraophthalmidium carpaticum Samuel & Borza, 1981 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
neuter
Samuel, O.; Borza, K. (1981). <i>Paraophthalmidium</i> nov. gen. (Foraminifera) from the Triassic of the west Carpathians. <em>Západné Karpaty, séria paleontológia.</em> 6: 65-78., available online at https://www.geology.sk/wp-content/uploads/documents/foto/ZK_seria_paleo/ZK%20paleontologia%206.pdf
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Diagnosis Test elongate ovate or amphora shaped, up to 0.4 mm in length, early stage planispirally enrolled or with slight...
Diagnosis Test elongate ovate or amphora shaped, up to 0.4 mm in length, early stage planispirally enrolled or with slight oscillation of the plane of coiling, involute to evolute, chambers a half-coil in length, in up to five whorls; wall calcareous, porcelaneous; aperture terminal, circular, may be produced on a neck and has a wide bordering lip. U. Triassic (Carnian); Czechoslovakia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Paraophthalmidium Samuel & Borza, 1981 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721407 on 2026-10-12
Date
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original description
Samuel, O.; Borza, K. (1981). <i>Paraophthalmidium</i> nov. gen. (Foraminifera) from the Triassic of the west Carpathians. <em>Západné Karpaty, séria paleontológia.</em> 6: 65-78., available online at https://www.geology.sk/wp-content/uploads/documents/foto/ZK_seria_paleo/ZK%20paleontologia%206.pdf
page(s): p. 68 [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]
page(s): p. 68 [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
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Diagnosis Test elongate ovate or amphora shaped, up to 0.4 mm in length, early stage planispirally enrolled or with slight oscillation of the plane of coiling, involute to evolute, chambers a half-coil in length, in up to five whorls; wall calcareous, porcelaneous; aperture terminal, circular, may be produced on a neck and has a wide bordering lip. U. Triassic (Carnian); Czechoslovakia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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