WoRMS taxon details
Discogypsina Silvestri, 1937
415310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415310)
accepted
Genus
Discogypsina vesicularis A. Silvestri, 1937 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Silvestri, A. (1937). Foraminiferi dell'Oligocene e del Miocene della Somalia. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 32(suppl. 2): 45-264.
page(s): p. 156 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 156 [details] Available for editors [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Discogypsina Silvestri, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415310 on 2024-09-15
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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z
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original description
Silvestri, A. (1937). Foraminiferi dell'Oligocene e del Miocene della Somalia. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 32(suppl. 2): 45-264.
page(s): p. 156 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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. 156 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test flattened, lenticular in form, with distinct equatorial layer of somewhat larger chambers separating lateral layers of smaller closely packed chambers on either side lacking regular arrangement, those of successive layers not in alignment, sutures thickened, slightly elevated; wall calcareous, upper surface of the chambers coarsely perforate; aperture consisting of the coarse perforations. U. Eocene (Ludian) to Holocene; Australia; S. Pacific; Philippine Islands; Italy; Caribbean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]