Foraminifera taxon details
Mesammina Pichler, 1971 †
737341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737341)
accepted
Genus
Mesammina annika Pichler, 1971 † (type by original designation)
- Species Mesammina annika Pichler, 1971 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Pichler, R. (1971). Mikrofossilien aus dem Devon der südlichen Eifeler Kalkmulden. <em>Senckenbergiana Lethaea.</em> 52: 315-357.
page(s): p. 319 [details]
page(s): p. 319 [details]
Diagnosis Test attached, rounded to oval in outline; wall agglutinated, of quartz grains held in organic cement, the organic material...
Diagnosis Test attached, rounded to oval in outline; wall agglutinated, of quartz grains held in organic cement, the organic material red to brown in color; aperture consists of a series of regularly spaced openings against the attachment on the periphery. L. to M. Devonian (Emsian, Eifelian); Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Mesammina Pichler, 1971 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737341 on 2026-05-16
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Pichler, R. (1971). Mikrofossilien aus dem Devon der südlichen Eifeler Kalkmulden. <em>Senckenbergiana Lethaea.</em> 52: 315-357.
page(s): p. 319 [details]
page(s): p. 319 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test attached, rounded to oval in outline; wall agglutinated, of quartz grains held in organic cement, the organic material red to brown in color; aperture consists of a series of regularly spaced openings against the attachment on the periphery. L. to M. Devonian (Emsian, Eifelian); Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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