Foraminifera taxon details

Rotaliatina Cushman, 1925 †

722336  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722336)

accepted
Genus
Rotaliatina mexicana Cushman, 1925 † (type by original designation)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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Cushman, J. A. (1925). New Foraminifera from the Upper Eocene of Mexico. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 1: 4-9., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/1cclfr1.pdf
page(s): p. 4 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Rotaliatina Cushman, 1925 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722336 on 2024-04-20
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2013-03-08 13:53:47Z
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2018-01-05 09:24:46Z
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2019-03-09 11:08:09Z
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original description Cushman, J. A. (1925). New Foraminifera from the Upper Eocene of Mexico. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 1: 4-9., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/1cclfr1.pdf
page(s): p. 4 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test a high trochospiral coil, all chambers visible on the strongly elevated spiral side, only the final whorl visible around the small deep umbilicus on the umbilical side, sutures radial, nearly straight, periphery rounded; wall calcareous, optical character unknown, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture an elongate interiomarginal slit, extending from near the periphery to the open umbilicus, bordered with a narrow lip. U. Eocene (Priabonian) to Oligocene; Mexico; USA: Mississippi. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]