Foraminifera name details

Miniuva Vella, 1961 †

722217  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722217)

 unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward (pers. comm. 2017) based on current usage in New Zealand and world wide.)
Genus
Miniuva minima Vella, 1961 † accepted as Uvigerina minima (Vella, 1961) † (type by original designation)

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Vella, P. (1961). Upper Oligocene and Miocene Uvigerinid Foraminifera from Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 7: 467-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484383 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Miniuva Vella, 1961 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722217 on 2024-04-25
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2013-03-08 13:53:47Z
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2017-12-27 13:10:52Z
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2017-12-28 00:48:34Z
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original description Vella, P. (1961). Upper Oligocene and Miocene Uvigerinid Foraminifera from Raukumara Peninsula, New Zealand. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 7: 467-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484383 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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] 
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test elongate, small, up to 0.3 mm in length, irregularly triserial in the early stage, with inflated chambers and constricted and oblique sutures, final chamber slightly compressed and tending to become uniserial; wall calcareous, perforate, surface with narrow and irregular longitudinal costae that are not continuous over the sutures; aperture terminal, rounded, at the end of a short neck, bordered with a narrow lip. M. Miocene (Helvetian); New Zealand. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]