Foraminifera taxon details
Metapatellina McCulloch, 1977
533809 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533809)
accepted
Genus
Metapatellina perculta McCulloch, 1977 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Metapatellina McCulloch, 1977. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533809 on 2024-05-02
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McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
[request] 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 tiny, up to 0.23 mm in diameter, low conical and trochospiral, early stage with about three chambers per whorl, rapidly decreased to two per whorl, with pairs directly opposed, only the final pair visible on the flattened umbilical side, periphery acute to carinate, the margin turned upward to surround the apex; wall calcareous, coarsely perforate on the spiral side, only the outer area of the chambers perforate on the umbilical side, surface of later chambers on spiral side with prominent spines arising from the peripheral flange and projecting upward at various angles, up to eight or nine from a single chamber; aperture interiomarginal on the umbilical side, with a bordering umbilical flange that projects downward into the opening, and with a strongly produced anterior margin that forms a coil terminally directed toward the periphe1l Holocene; E. Pacific: off Mexico, at 369 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]