Foraminifera taxon details
Ophthalmipora Zaninetti & Brönnimann, 1972 †
722023 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722023)
accepted
Genus
Ophthalmipora dolomitica Zaninetti & Brönnimann, 1972 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Zaninetti, L.; Brönnimann, P. (1972). <i>Ophthalmipora dolomitica</i> gen. n., sp. n., un foraminifère du Carnien des Dolomites (Milioliporidae Brönnimann & Zaninetti, 1971). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia.</em> 78(4): 613-620., available online at https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:165307
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page(s): p. 615 [details] Available for editors
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Ophthalmipora Zaninetti & Brönnimann, 1972 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722023 on 2024-04-24
Date
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original description
Zaninetti, L.; Brönnimann, P. (1972). <i>Ophthalmipora dolomitica</i> gen. n., sp. n., un foraminifère du Carnien des Dolomites (Milioliporidae Brönnimann & Zaninetti, 1971). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia.</em> 78(4): 613-620., available online at https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:165307
page(s): p. 615 [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. 615 [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 ovoid in outline, lenticular to flattened in section, up to 0.5 mm in greatest dimension, spherical proloculus followed by tubular chambers one-half coil in length, widest at the base and tapering toward the aperture, coiling planispiral and involute in the early stage, later with change in coiling axis or slight variation in coiling, appearing weakly sigmoid in section; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, coarsely perforate; aperture terminal, simple. U. Triassic (Carnian); Italy. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]