Foraminifera taxon details

Paraophthalmidium Samuel & Borza, 1981 †

721407  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721407)

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Samuel, O., and K. Borza, 1981, Paraophthalmidium nov. gen. (Foraminifera) from the Triassic of the west Carpathians, Západné Karpaty: Séria paleontológia 6:65-78.
page(s): p. 68 [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Paraophthalmidium Samuel & Borza, 1981 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721407 on 2024-04-26
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2017-12-16 10:21:03Z
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original description Samuel, O., and K. Borza, 1981, Paraophthalmidium nov. gen. (Foraminifera) from the Triassic of the west Carpathians, Západné Karpaty: Séria paleontológia 6:65-78.
page(s): p. 68 [details]   

basis of record 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  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test elongate ovate or amphora shaped, up to 0.4 mm in length, early stage planispirally enrolled or with slight oscillation of the plane of coiling, involute to evolute, chambers a half-coil in length, in up to five whorls; wall calcareous, porcelaneous; aperture terminal, circular, may be produced on a neck and has a wide bordering lip. U. Triassic (Carnian); Czechoslovakia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]