Foraminifera taxon details
Somalina Silvestri, 1939 †
722040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722040)
accepted
Genus
Somalina stefaninii Silvestri, 1939 † (type by monotypy)
Asterosomalina Meriç, 1965 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
- Species Somalina danieli Henson, 1950 †
- Species Somalina gigantea Rahaghi, 1978 †
- Species Somalina hottingeri White, 1997 †
- Species Somalina irregularis Rahaghi, 1978 †
- Species Somalina khorassanica Rahaghi, 1978 †
- Species Somalina praestefaninii Boukhary, Decrouez & El Safori, 2006 †
- Species Somalina stefaninii Silvestri, 1939 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Silvestri, A. (1939). Foraminiferi dell'Eocene della Somalia, Parte 2: Paleontologia della Somalia. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 32(suppl. 4):1-102.
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Somalina Silvestri, 1939 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722040 on 2024-04-23
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Silvestri, A. (1939). Foraminiferi dell'Eocene della Somalia, Parte 2: Paleontologia della Somalia. <em>Palaeontographia Italica.</em> 32(suppl. 4):1-102.
page(s): p. 51 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Asterosomalina Meriç, 1965 †) Meriç, E. (1965). Sur deux nouvelles espèces de Loftusia et un nouveau genre Asterosomalina. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 8(1): 45-52.
page(s): p. 48 [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 [request]
page(s): p. 51 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Asterosomalina Meriç, 1965 †) Meriç, E. (1965). Sur deux nouvelles espèces de Loftusia et un nouveau genre Asterosomalina. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 8(1): 45-52.
page(s): p. 48 [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
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Diagnosis Test large, up to 30 mm in diameter, discoidal to lenticular, cyclic chambers subdivided into chamberlets as in Orbitolites, with crosswise oblique stolon system and possibly lateral stolons also, prominent lateral laminae as in Opertorbitolites enclose numerous chamberletlike cavities, stolons connect the cavities to the main equatorial chamber layer; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture not described as all known specimens are embedded in limestone. M. Eocene (Lutetian); Somalia; Egypt; Iraq; Iran; Turkey. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]