Foraminifera taxon details
Dicyclina Munier-Chalmas, 1887 †
739164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739164)
accepted
Genus
Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas, 1887 † (type by original designation)
- Species Dicyclina aegyptiaca Hewaidy, 1993 †
- Species Dicyclina sampoi Cherchi & Schroeder, 1990 †
- Species Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas, 1887 †
- Species Dicyclina simplex Cherchi & Schroeder, 1990 †
- Species Dicyclina lusitanica Egger, 1902 † accepted as Anchispirocyclina lusitanica (Egger, 1902) † (Opinion of Hottinger (1967))
- Species Dicyclina qatarensis Henson, 1948 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, opinion of Cherchi and Schroeder, 1990)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Munier-Chalmas, E. (1887). Sur la Cyclolina et trois nouveaux genres de foraminifères des couches à rudistes: Cyclopsina, Dicyclina et Spirocyclina. <em>Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société géologique de France.</em> 4(7): 30-31.
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Dicyclina Munier-Chalmas, 1887 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739164 on 2024-04-28
Date
action
by
original description
Munier-Chalmas, E. (1887). Sur la Cyclolina et trois nouveaux genres de foraminifères des couches à rudistes: Cyclopsina, Dicyclina et Spirocyclina. <em>Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société géologique de France.</em> 4(7): 30-31.
page(s): p. xxx [details]
page(s): p. xxx [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, discoidal, flattened to slightly undulating, initial stage slightly inflated, that of the megalospheric generation consisting solely of the proloculus, later chambers annular, alternately added on the two sides of the test, interior subdivided by numerous thin radial partitions, perpendicular to the outer wall and aligned from chamber to chamber; wall agglutinated, of calcareous fragments, with an imperforate epidermis and reticulate subepidermal layer; aperture consisting of round pores at the periphery. L. Cretaceous (Albian) to U. Cretaceous (Santonian); France; Spain; Yugoslavia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]