Foraminifera taxon details
Fabularia Defrance, 1820 †
520923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520923)
accepted
Genus
Fabularia discolites Defrance in Bronn, 1825 † accepted as Fabularia ovata (Roissy, 1805) † (type by subsequent monotypy)
- Species Fabularia bella Kaasschieter, 1961 †
- Species Fabularia colei Robinson, 1969 †
- Species Fabularia gunteri Applin & Jordan, 1945 †
- Species Fabularia hanzawai Robinson, 1993 †
- Species Fabularia howchini Schlumberger, 1891
- Species Fabularia lata Collins, 1953 †
- Species Fabularia ovata (Roissy, 1805) †
- Species Fabularia roselli Caus, 1979 †
- Species Fabularia schwagerinoides Blanckenhorn, 1900 †
- Species Fabularia vaughani Cole & Ponton, 1934 †
- Species Fabularia verseyi Cole, 1956 †
- Species Fabularia zitteli Schwager, 1883 †
- Species Fabularia alpani Sirel, 1972 † accepted as Pseudolacazina alpani (Sirel, 1972) † (Opinion of Sirel (1998))
- Species Fabularia compressa d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Fabularia discolites Defrance in Bronn, 1825 † accepted as Fabularia ovata (Roissy, 1805) † (Opinion of Nicolas (1945), Le Calvez (1970))
- Species Fabularia discolites Defrance in Bronn, 1825 † accepted as Fabularia ovata (Roissy, 1805) † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Parker and Jones (1863), Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Species Fabularia discolithes Defrance, 1825 † accepted as Fabularia discolites Defrance in Bronn, 1825 † accepted as Fabularia ovata (Roissy, 1805) † (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Fabularia donatae Drobne, 1974 † accepted as Pseudolacazina donatae (Drobne, 1974) † (Opinion of Sirel (1998))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Defrance [J.L.M.]. (1820). Fabulaire, <i>Fabularia</i> (foss.). p. 103 in: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles</i> (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol.16. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23029034
page(s): p. 103 [details]
page(s): p. 103 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Fabularia Defrance, 1820 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520923 on 2024-04-24
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Defrance [J.L.M.]. (1820). Fabulaire, <i>Fabularia</i> (foss.). p. 103 in: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles</i> (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol.16. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23029034
page(s): p. 103 [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
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page(s): p. 103 [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
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Diagnosis Test ovate, rounded in section to flattened, microspheric proloculus followed by chambers one-half coil in length, quinqueloculine in the early stage, later cryptoquinqueloculine and finally biloculine, megalospheric test with large proloculus and smaller deuteroconch, followed by biloculine chambers, adult planispiral, with two chambers per whorl; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, subepidermal partitions forming a series of peripheral chamberlets that parallel the direction of coiling and are interconnected at the chamber ends by pre-and postseptal openings and in advanced species also by a series of shorter tubes perpendicular to the others; aperture consists of numerous circular and irregularly scattered openings in a small area near the base of the apertural face of the final chamber. M. Eocene (Lutetian) to U. Eocene (L. Bartonian); France; Netherlands; USA: Florida; Jamaica; Australia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
