WoRMS taxon details
Elhasaella Hamam, 1976 †
721470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721470)
accepted
Genus
Elhasaella alanwoodi Hamam, 1976 † (type by original designation)
Jordania Hamam & Haynes, 1977 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Ruseifaella Hamam, 1978 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Hamam, K. A. (1976), Elhasaella, a new planktic foraminifer from the Maastrichtian of Jordan, Revista española de micropaleontología 8: 453-458.
page(s): p. 454 [details]
page(s): p. 454 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Elhasaella Hamam, 1976 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721470 on 2025-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Hamam, K. A. (1976), Elhasaella, a new planktic foraminifer from the Maastrichtian of Jordan, Revista española de micropaleontología 8: 453-458.
page(s): p. 454 [details]
original description (of Jordania Hamam & Haynes, 1977 †) Hamam, K. A., and J. R. Haynes, (1977), Jordania arabica n. gen. n. sp. (Foraminifère) du Maestrichtien de Jordanie, Revue de Micropaléontologie 19: 211-214.
page(s): p. 212 [details]
original description (of Ruseifaella Hamam, 1978 †) Hamam, K. A. (1978), Ruseifaella jordanensis n. gen. n. sp. (Foraminifera) du Maestrichtien de Jordanie, Revue de Micropaléontologie 21: 16-18.
page(s): p. 16 [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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page(s): p. 454 [details]
original description (of Jordania Hamam & Haynes, 1977 †) Hamam, K. A., and J. R. Haynes, (1977), Jordania arabica n. gen. n. sp. (Foraminifère) du Maestrichtien de Jordanie, Revue de Micropaléontologie 19: 211-214.
page(s): p. 212 [details]
original description (of Ruseifaella Hamam, 1978 †) Hamam, K. A. (1978), Ruseifaella jordanensis n. gen. n. sp. (Foraminifera) du Maestrichtien de Jordanie, Revue de Micropaléontologie 21: 16-18.
page(s): p. 16 [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 tiny, elongate, planispiral initial stage of less than a single whorl, then biserial with changed axis of growth and finally uniserial, chambers inflated, enlarging gradually as added, sutures distinctly constricted; wall calcareous, perforate, surface covered with numerous minute short spines; aperture terminal, rounded, bordered by a distinct neck. U. Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian); Jordan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
