Foraminifera taxon details
Leella Dunbar & Skinner, 1937 †
721870 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721870)
accepted
Genus
Leella bellula Dunbar & Skinner, 1937 † (type by original designation)
- Species Leella armenica Rozovskaya, 1965 †
- Species Leella bellula Dunbar & Skinner, 1937 †
- Species Leella fragilis Dunbar & Skinner, 1937 †
- Species Leella grossa Ishibashi, 1983 †
- Species Leella intermedia Lin, 1984 †
- Species Leella kueichowensis Gung, 1966 †
- Species Leella zhonghuaensis Yang, 1978 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Dunbar, C. O.; Skinner, J. W. (1937). Permian Fusulinidae of Texas; in The geology of Texas. <em>Texas University Bulletin.</em> 3701 v.3(2): 517-825., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/24042
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Diagnosis Test small, fusiform, up to 2.6 mm in length, early whorls symmetrical and staffelloid, later elongating rapidly to become...
Diagnosis Test small, fusiform, up to 2.6 mm in length, early whorls symmetrical and staffelloid, later elongating rapidly to become a fusiform adult, septa plane, up to about twenty-five per whorl; wall of thin tectum, well-defined diaphanotheca and thin upper and lower tectoria, tunnel low and wide, chomata well developed and asymmetrical, with steep side facing the tunnel. U. Permian (Kazanian), U. Guadalupian; USA: Texas. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Leella Dunbar & Skinner, 1937 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721870 on 2025-05-18
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original description
Dunbar, C. O.; Skinner, J. W. (1937). Permian Fusulinidae of Texas; in The geology of Texas. <em>Texas University Bulletin.</em> 3701 v.3(2): 517-825., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/24042
page(s): p. 603 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
page(s): p. 603 [details] Available for editors
[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
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Diagnosis Test small, fusiform, up to 2.6 mm in length, early whorls symmetrical and staffelloid, later elongating rapidly to become a fusiform adult, septa plane, up to about twenty-five per whorl; wall of thin tectum, well-defined diaphanotheca and thin upper and lower tectoria, tunnel low and wide, chomata well developed and asymmetrical, with steep side facing the tunnel. U. Permian (Kazanian), U. Guadalupian; USA: Texas. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
