Foraminifera taxon details
Tetragonulina Seguenza, 1862 †
722097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722097)
accepted
Genus
Tetragonulina prima Seguenza, 1862 † (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Seguenza, G. (1862). Dei Terreni Terziarii del Distretto di Messina. Parte II - Descrizione dei Foraminiferi Monotalamici delle Marne Mioceniche del Distretto di Messina. Capra, Messina. 1-84., available online at https://books.google.pt/books/about/Dei_terreni_terziari_del_distretto_di_Me.html?id=EPgZHeQ77icC
page(s): p. 53 [details]
page(s): p. 53 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Tetragonulina Seguenza, 1862 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722097 on 2024-03-28
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Seguenza, G. (1862). Dei Terreni Terziarii del Distretto di Messina. Parte II - Descrizione dei Foraminiferi Monotalamici delle Marne Mioceniche del Distretto di Messina. Capra, Messina. 1-84., available online at https://books.google.pt/books/about/Dei_terreni_terziari_del_distretto_di_Me.html?id=EPgZHeQ77icC
page(s): p. 53 [details]
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. 53 [details]
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 unilocular, an elongate ovate chamber slightly tapering toward the aperture, subquadrangular in section, with rounded angles; wall calcareous, radial in structure, white and opaque, surface smooth; aperture rounded, at the end of a cylindrical neck. U. Miocene; Italy: Messina district. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]