Foraminifera taxon details
Dentalinella Loeblich & Tappan, 1986 †
722045 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722045)
accepted
Genus
Dentalinella cuneata Wedekind, 1937 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1986). Some New and Revised Genera and Families of Hyaline Calcareous Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 105(3): 239-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226297
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Diagnosis Test elongate, subtriangular in side view, sides flat, triangular in cross section, chambers increasing regularly in...
Diagnosis Test elongate, subtriangular in side view, sides flat, triangular in cross section, chambers increasing regularly in breadth and height, rectilinear, sutures straight, slightly oblique, highest on the dorsal face, sloping proximally toward the ventral angle; wall calcareous, radiate, surface with fine narrow longitudinal costae running obliquely across the sides of the test and sloping toward the dorsal margin, with ribs also present on the dorsal face; aperture terminal, slightly produced on a neck at the dorsal angle. L. Jurassic (L. Lias); Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Dentalinella Loeblich & Tappan, 1986 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722045 on 2026-03-07
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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1986). Some New and Revised Genera and Families of Hyaline Calcareous Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 105(3): 239-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226297
page(s): p. 240 [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. 240 [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, subtriangular in side view, sides flat, triangular in cross section, chambers increasing regularly in breadth and height, rectilinear, sutures straight, slightly oblique, highest on the dorsal face, sloping proximally toward the ventral angle; wall calcareous, radiate, surface with fine narrow longitudinal costae running obliquely across the sides of the test and sloping toward the dorsal margin, with ribs also present on the dorsal face; aperture terminal, slightly produced on a neck at the dorsal angle. L. Jurassic (L. Lias); Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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