Foraminifera taxon details
Discorotalia Hornibrook, 1961 †
722416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722416)
accepted
Genus
Polystomella tenuissima Karrer, 1864 † accepted as Discorotalia tenuissima (Karrer, 1864) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Hornibrook, N. deB. (1961). Tertiary Foraminifera from Oamaru District (N.Z). Part 1- Systematics and Distibution. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 34: 1-194.
page(s): p. 141 [details]
page(s): p. 141 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Discorotalia Hornibrook, 1961 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722416 on 2024-04-16
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Hornibrook, N. deB. (1961). Tertiary Foraminifera from Oamaru District (N.Z). Part 1- Systematics and Distibution. <em>New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin.</em> 34: 1-194.
page(s): p. 141 [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. 141 [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 discoidal, partly evolute on the spiral side, involute on the umbilical side, chambers numerous, strongly recurved, retral processes present, whorls increasing rapidly in height, sutures thickened, strongly curved back toward the periphery, no umbilical plug, small sutural pores present between adjacent costae; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface with slightly irregular narrow ribs extending from suture to suture, the intervening area with fine pustules; aperture consists of a cluster of small rimmed areal pores near the base of the apertural face. L. Oligocene to M. Miocene; New Zealand. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]