WoRMS taxon details

Kurnubia Henson, 1948 †

739319  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739319)

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Genus
Kurnubia palastiniensis Henson, 1948 † (type by original designation)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Henson, F. R. S. (1948). New Trochamminidæ and Verneuilinidæ from the Middle East. <em>Journal of Natural History Series 11.</em> 14(117)[1947]: 605-630., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934708654671
page(s): p. 608 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Kurnubia Henson, 1948 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739319 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature

original description Henson, F. R. S. (1948). New Trochamminidæ and Verneuilinidæ from the Middle East. <em>Journal of Natural History Series 11.</em> 14(117)[1947]: 605-630., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934708654671
page(s): p. 608 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test elongate, early chambers trochospiral about a central column with chambers somewhat inclined to the axis of coiling, later uncoiled, uniserial, and rectilinear, outer part of chambers has a characteristic subepidermal network, central part with endoskeletal pillars that are continuous from chamber to chamber, spaces between pillars later filled secondarily to produce a central column; apertural face consists of a plate over the umbilical region with many small apertures interspersed between pillars, where apertures are secondarily filled to produce a column, the septum adjacent to the column is resorbed to form a secondary foramen. L. Jurassic (Lias) to U. Jurassic (Kimmeridgian); SW Asia; Morocco; Yugoslavia; Crete. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]