Foraminifera taxon details
Prismatomorphia Loeblich & Tappan, 1986
722086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722086)
accepted
Genus
Vaginulina tricarinata d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Vaginulina tricarinata d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865 accepted as Prismatomorphia tricarinata (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1986). Some New and Revised Genera and Families of Hyaline Calcareous Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 105(3): 239-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226297
page(s): p. 246 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 246 [details] Available for editors [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Prismatomorphia Loeblich & Tappan, 1986. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722086 on 2024-03-28
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original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1986). Some New and Revised Genera and Families of Hyaline Calcareous Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Transactions of the American Microscopical Society.</em> 105(3): 239-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3226297
page(s): p. 246 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
page(s): p. 246 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test elongate, slender, arcuate, proloculus ovate with apiculate base, followed by uniserial and rectilinear chambers of triangular section, two of the sides flattened as in Saracenaria and meeting at the dorsal angle, chambers somewhat inflated on the ventral face, sutures slightly arched at the center of each face of the test; wall calcareous, perforate, radial in structure, surface smooth, except for the prominent and continuous keels at the three angles of the test; aperture at the dorsal angle, triangular but not radiate. L. Pliocene to Holocene; Adriatic Sea; Sicily. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]