Deep-Sea name details
Proxifrons Vella, 1963
480295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:480295)
unaccepted
Genus
- Species Proxifrons inaequalis (Costa, 1855) † accepted as Mucronina compressa (Costa, 1855) † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. 2012)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Vella, P. (1963). Some Foraminifera from the Upper Miocene and Pliocene of Wairarapa, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Geol).</em> 2(1): 1-14., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TRSGEO19630220.2.2 [details] Available for editors 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Proxifrons Vella, 1963. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=480295 on 2024-05-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Proxifrons Vella, 1963. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=480295 on 2024-05-08
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Vella, P. (1963). Some Foraminifera from the Upper Miocene and Pliocene of Wairarapa, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Geol).</em> 2(1): 1-14., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TRSGEO19630220.2.2 [details] Available for editors
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
subsequent type designation Vella, P. (1964). The type species of the Foraminiferal genus Proxifrons; A correction. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 7(2): 402-402., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1964.10420189 [details]
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
subsequent type designation Vella, P. (1964). The type species of the Foraminiferal genus Proxifrons; A correction. <em>New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.</em> 7(2): 402-402., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1964.10420189 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test strongly compressed, broadly palmate in outline, globular proloculus commonly with a median longitudinal rib, followed by small biserially arranged chambers, later with uniserial chevron-shaped chambers increasing rapidly in breadth and strongly overlapping earlier chambers at the margins; wall calcareous, finely perforate, radial, surface smooth; aperture terminal, rounded, or obscurely radiate. Eocene to Holocene; Pacific; New Zealand; Japan; Spain; Italy; Poland; USA: California, Oregon; Mexico; Trinidad. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
