Foraminifera taxon details
Dictyoconella Henson, 1948 †
739356 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739356)
accepted
Genus
Dictyoconella complanata Henson, 1948 † (type by original designation)
- Species Dictyoconella complanata Henson, 1948 †
- Species Dictyoconella coralloides Blanckenhorn Em. Henson, 1948 †
- Species Dictyoconella minima Henson, 1948 † accepted as Gusicella minima (Henson, 1948) † (Type species of Gusicella)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Henson, F. R. S. (1948). Larger imperforate foraminifera of south-western Asia. Families Lituolidae, Orbitolinidae and Meandropsinidae. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 1-127.
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Dictyoconella Henson, 1948 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739356 on 2024-04-24
Date
action
by
original description
Henson, F. R. S. (1948). Larger imperforate foraminifera of south-western Asia. Families Lituolidae, Orbitolinidae and Meandropsinidae. <em>British Museum (Natural History).</em> 1-127.
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test large, nearly 3 mm in height, flattened, peneropliform, early microspheric chambers planispirally enrolled, nature of megalospheric embryo unknown, later stage uncoiled, with numerous wide and low, slightly arched rectilinear chambers, interior with exoskeletal radial beams and shorter intercalated secondary ones, interconnected by one or two very shallow layers of exoskeletal horizontal rafters, the intersecting beams and rafters forming a subepidermal mesh; central zone with interseptal buttresses or pillars that may anastomose, some connecting with the longer radial beams; wall calcareous, imperforate, microgranular, and may include agglutinated particles; aperture of multiple pores in the central shield area. U. Cretaceous (U. Cenomanian or Turonian to Maastrichtian); Arabia: Qatar Peninsula. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]