Foraminifera taxon details
Galliherina Kleinpell & Tipton, 1980 †
721474 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721474)
accepted
Genus
Bulimina uvigerinaformis Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934 † accepted as Galliherina uvigerinaformis (Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Kleinpell, R. M.; Tipton, A. (1980). Taxonomy. <em>American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology.</em> 11: 70-80.
page(s): p. 75 [details]
page(s): p. 75 [details]
Diagnosis Test elongate, tapered at the base, rounded in section, inflated chambers triserially arranged and gradually enlarging,...
Diagnosis Test elongate, tapered at the base, rounded in section, inflated chambers triserially arranged and gradually enlarging, sutures depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface with narrow and elevated longitudinal costae, generally not continuous across the sutures; aperture elongate, arcuate, bordered with a slight lip and extending from the apex nearly to the base of the final chamber face, toothplate not known. M. to U. Miocene (Luisian to Mohnian); California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Galliherina Kleinpell & Tipton, 1980 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721474 on 2026-07-11
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original description
Kleinpell, R. M.; Tipton, A. (1980). Taxonomy. <em>American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Studies in Geology.</em> 11: 70-80.
page(s): p. 75 [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
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additional source Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 75 [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
[request]additional source Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test elongate, tapered at the base, rounded in section, inflated chambers triserially arranged and gradually enlarging, sutures depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface with narrow and elevated longitudinal costae, generally not continuous across the sutures; aperture elongate, arcuate, bordered with a slight lip and extending from the apex nearly to the base of the final chamber face, toothplate not known. M. to U. Miocene (Luisian to Mohnian); California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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