WoRMS taxon details
Varidentella Łuczkowska, 1972
559858 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:559858)
accepted
Genus
Miliolina reussi Bogdanovich, 1947 † accepted as Varidentella reussi (Bogdanovich, 1947) † (type by original designation)
- Species Varidentella neostriatula (Thalmann, 1950)
- Species Varidentella rosea (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Varidentella rotunda (Gerke, 1939)
- Species Varidentella complanata (Gerke & Isaeva in Bogdanovich, 1952) accepted as Quinqueloculina complanata (Gerke & Isaeva in Bogdanovich, 1952) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Varidentella lutea (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Miliolinella lutea (d'Orbigny, 1839) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Varidentella protea (Parker, 1953) accepted as Massilina protea Parker, 1953 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Łuczkowska, E. (1972). Miliolidae (Foraminiferida) from Miocene of Poland. Part I. Revision of the classification. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 17 (3): 341-377., available online at https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app17/app17-341.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Varidentella Luczkowska, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559858 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Łuczkowska, E. (1972). Miliolidae (Foraminiferida) from Miocene of Poland. Part I. Revision of the classification. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 17 (3): 341-377., available online at https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app17/app17-341.pdf
page(s): p. 371 [details] Available for editors
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Other
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
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Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, chambers one-half coil in length, early stage quinqueloculine fo cryptoquinqueloculine, axis of coiling may change by 90¡ after the early stage but later return to the original axis, three, four, or five chambers may be visible from the exterior, chambers without a floor; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture rounded to slitlike, with narrow to broad tooth, or none. Miocene (Tortonian) to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]