Foraminifera taxon details
Ripacubana Loeblich & Tappan, 1964 †
722015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722015)
accepted
Genus
Conulina conica d'Orbigny, 1839 † accepted as Ripacubana conica (d'Orbigny, 1839) † (type by original designation)
Conulina d'Orbigny, 1839 † · unaccepted (Junior homonym of Conulina Bronn, 1836)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1964). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C: Protista 2, Sarcodina, chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. <em>Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.</em> [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Diagnosis Test elongate conical, 3 mm in length, early stage unknown as base of single known specimen broken, chambers numerous, low,...
Diagnosis Test elongate conical, 3 mm in length, early stage unknown as base of single known specimen broken, chambers numerous, low, broad, uniserial and rectilinear, interior subdivided by vertical radial and concentric partitions, sutures nearly horizontal; wall calcareous, porcelaneous?; aperture terminal, cribrate, numerous equidistant pores on the broad upper surface, opening into separate chamberlets. Holocene?, probably Cretaceous; Cuba. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ripacubana Loeblich & Tappan, 1964 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722015 on 2025-09-17
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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1964). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C: Protista 2, Sarcodina, chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. <em>Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.</em> [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Conulina d'Orbigny, 1839 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 24 [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]
[request]original description (of Conulina d'Orbigny, 1839 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 24 [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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test elongate conical, 3 mm in length, early stage unknown as base of single known specimen broken, chambers numerous, low, broad, uniserial and rectilinear, interior subdivided by vertical radial and concentric partitions, sutures nearly horizontal; wall calcareous, porcelaneous?; aperture terminal, cribrate, numerous equidistant pores on the broad upper surface, opening into separate chamberlets. Holocene?, probably Cretaceous; Cuba. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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