Foraminifera taxon details
Lacosteinidae Sigal, 1952 †
- Genus Elhasaella Hamam, 1976 †
- Genus Felsinella Conato, 1964 †
- Genus Lacosteina Marie, 1945 †
- Genus Spirobolivina Hofker, 1956
- Genus Jordania Hamam & Haynes, 1977 † accepted as Elhasaella Hamam, 1976 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Ruseifaella Hamam, 1978 † accepted as Elhasaella Hamam, 1976 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sigal, J. (1952). Aperçu stratigraphique sur la micropaléontologie du Crétacé. <em>Monographies Régionales, Algérie.</em> 1(26): 3-43. [details]
Diagnosis Test planispirally enrolled in the early stage, then abruptly changing to an elongate growth axis with two to four chambers...
Diagnosis Test planispirally enrolled in the early stage, then abruptly changing to an elongate growth axis with two to four chambers per whorl; aperture a high interiomarginal arch with an internal toothplate. U. Cretaceous (Campanian) to U. Eocene, Pliocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Lacosteinidae Sigal, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720970 on 2025-06-01
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Sigal, J. (1952). Aperçu stratigraphique sur la micropaléontologie du Crétacé. <em>Monographies Régionales, Algérie.</em> 1(26): 3-43. [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
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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

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Diagnosis Test planispirally enrolled in the early stage, then abruptly changing to an elongate growth axis with two to four chambers per whorl; aperture a high interiomarginal arch with an internal toothplate. U. Cretaceous (Campanian) to U. Eocene, Pliocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]