Foraminifera taxon details
Tawitawia Loeblich, 1952
492610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492610)
accepted
Genus
Textularia immensa Cushman, 1913 accepted as Tawitawia immensa (Cushman, 1913) (type by original designation)
- Species Tawitawia immensa (Cushman, 1913)
- Species Tawitawia roselli Colom, 1971 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Loeblich A. R. (1952). New Recent foraminiferal genera from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 189-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697535
page(s): p. 190 [details]
page(s): p. 190 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Tawitawia Loeblich, 1952. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492610 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
original description
Loeblich A. R. (1952). New Recent foraminiferal genera from the tropical Pacific. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(6): 189-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697535
page(s): p. 190 [details]
page(s): p. 190 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test large, flattened, of numerous low and biserially arranged chambers, strongly overlapping in the plane of biseriality, sutures slightly depressed, chambers subdivided by numerous secondary septula that project downward from the chamber roof; wall thin, with coarsely agglutinated mineral grains, shell fragments, and entire tests of smaller foraminifera, finer-grained areas canaliculate; aperture in the adult consists of a series of areal pores in a row paralleling the flat sides of the test. Holocene; N. Pacific: Philippines; S. Pacific: Indonesia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]