Foraminifera taxon details
Ellipsolingulina Silvestri, 1907 †
722230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722230)
accepted
Genus
Lingulina impressa Terquem, 1882 † accepted as Ellipsolingulina impressa (Terquem, 1882) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Silvestri, A. (1907). Forma italiana della «Lingulina impressa» Terquem. <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia.</em> 13 (2): 66-70., available online at https://archive.org/stream/rivistaitalianad13mila#page/66/
page(s): p. 69 [details]
page(s): p. 69 [details]
Diagnosis Test elongate, slightly compressed, oval to fusiform in section, chambers uniserial, overlapping earlier ones, sutures...
Diagnosis Test elongate, slightly compressed, oval to fusiform in section, chambers uniserial, overlapping earlier ones, sutures straight, horizontal, weakly depressed; wall calcareous, surface smooth; aperture an arcuate terminal slit with an internal tube. M. Eocene (Lutetian) to Oligocene; France; Italy. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ellipsolingulina Silvestri, 1907 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722230 on 2026-09-29
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original description
Silvestri, A. (1907). Forma italiana della «Lingulina impressa» Terquem. <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia.</em> 13 (2): 66-70., available online at https://archive.org/stream/rivistaitalianad13mila#page/66/
page(s): p. 69 [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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page(s): p. 69 [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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Diagnosis Test elongate, slightly compressed, oval to fusiform in section, chambers uniserial, overlapping earlier ones, sutures straight, horizontal, weakly depressed; wall calcareous, surface smooth; aperture an arcuate terminal slit with an internal tube. M. Eocene (Lutetian) to Oligocene; France; Italy. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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