Foraminifera taxon details
Wilfordia Adams, 1965 †
722294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722294)
accepted
Genus
Wilfordia sarawakensis Adams, 1965 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Adams, C. G. (1965). The Foraminifera and stratigraphy of the Melinau Limestone, Sarawak, and its importance in Tertiary correlation. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 121(1-4): 283-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.121.1.0283
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Diagnosis Test globular, megalospheric embryo consists of proloculus and three to eight smaller chambers that possibly may form a...
Diagnosis Test globular, megalospheric embryo consists of proloculus and three to eight smaller chambers that possibly may form a planispiral coil, with a few coarse radial spines arising from the embryonic chambers, possibly in a single plane, and projecting above the surface of the chambers, later stage with many rectangular lateral chamberlets added in four to eight layers and arranged in slightly irregular radial tiers; wall calcareous, chamberlet floors and roof perforate, pseudopillars formed by thickened lateral walls. U. Eocene; Malaysia: Sarawak. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Wilfordia Adams, 1965 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722294 on 2026-03-10
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original description
Adams, C. G. (1965). The Foraminifera and stratigraphy of the Melinau Limestone, Sarawak, and its importance in Tertiary correlation. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society.</em> 121(1-4): 283-338., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.121.1.0283
page(s): p. 326 [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. 326 [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 globular, megalospheric embryo consists of proloculus and three to eight smaller chambers that possibly may form a planispiral coil, with a few coarse radial spines arising from the embryonic chambers, possibly in a single plane, and projecting above the surface of the chambers, later stage with many rectangular lateral chamberlets added in four to eight layers and arranged in slightly irregular radial tiers; wall calcareous, chamberlet floors and roof perforate, pseudopillars formed by thickened lateral walls. U. Eocene; Malaysia: Sarawak. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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