Foraminifera taxon details
Orthovertella protea Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
916524 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:916524)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 45, pl. 6, figs. 3-4. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 45, pl. 6, figs. 3-4. [details] Available for editors
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Original description Test small, consisting of a close coiled young, the coils in constantly changing planes and the later portion becoming...
Original description Test small, consisting of a close coiled young, the coils in constantly changing planes and the later portion becoming uncoiled and nearly straight, consisting of a proloculus and tubular, undivided, second chamber of nearly even diameter; wall smooth, calcareous, imperforate; sutures well marked; aperture formed by the open end of the tubular chamber, not constricted, without a tooth. Length 0.40 mm.; diameter 0.20 mm.
Holotype (Cushman Coll. 7686) from the Moran formation of the Cisco, from drill core at 460 feet from the Dothan limestone, Farmers Ranch, Archer Co., Texas. This species does not show any signs of having been attached. It is one of the primitive forms of the family.
(Cushman and Waters (1928)). [details]
Holotype (Cushman Coll. 7686) from the Moran formation of the Cisco, from drill core at 460 feet from the Dothan limestone, Farmers Ranch, Archer Co., Texas. This species does not show any signs of having been attached. It is one of the primitive forms of the family.
(Cushman and Waters (1928)). [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Orthovertella protea Cushman & Waters, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=916524 on 2026-07-11
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Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 45, pl. 6, figs. 3-4. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
page(s): p. 45, pl. 6, figs. 3-4. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
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Original description Test small, consisting of a close coiled young, the coils in constantly changing planes and the later portion becoming uncoiled and nearly straight, consisting of a proloculus and tubular, undivided, second chamber of nearly even diameter; wall smooth, calcareous, imperforate; sutures well marked; aperture formed by the open end of the tubular chamber, not constricted, without a tooth. Length 0.40 mm.; diameter 0.20 mm. Holotype (Cushman Coll. 7686) from the Moran formation of the Cisco, from drill core at 460 feet from the Dothan limestone, Farmers Ranch, Archer Co., Texas. This species does not show any signs of having been attached. It is one of the primitive forms of the family.
(Cushman and Waters (1928)). [details]
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