Foraminifera taxon details

Megastomella Faulkner, de Klasz & Rérat, 1963 †

Megastomella africana Faulkner, de Klasz & Rérat, 1963
Megastomella africana Faulkner, de Klasz & Rérat, 1963

722259  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722259)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Globothalamea (Class)
  7. Rotaliana (Subclass)
  8. Rotaliida (Order)
  9. Discorbinelloidea (Superfamily)
  10. Pseudoparrellidae (Family)
  11. Pseudoparrellinae (Subfamily)
  12. Megastomella † (Genus)
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Faulkner, J. S.; De Klasz, I.; Rérat, D. (1963). Megastomella nov. gen. nouveau foraminifère de l'Afrique Occidentale. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 6: 19-22.
page(s): p. 19 [details] 
Diagnosis Test small to medium in size, flattened to slightly biconvex, oval in outline, low trochospiral coil of about one and a...  
Diagnosis Test small to medium in size, flattened to slightly biconvex, oval in outline, low trochospiral coil of about one and a half rapidly flaring whorls, spiral side evolute with curved and oblique sutures, umbilical side involute and sutures radial and nearly straight, periphery rounded; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface smooth; aperture a wide vertical interiomarginal slit extending up the face of the final chamber, subequatorial to slightly on the umbilical side. L. Miocene to U. Miocene; Gabon; USA: California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Megastomella Faulkner, de Klasz & Rérat, 1963 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722259 on 2025-09-17
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2013-03-08 13:53:47Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2018-01-02 09:33:00Z
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Le Coze, François
2018-10-04 11:36:03Z
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Le Coze, François

original description Faulkner, J. S.; De Klasz, I.; Rérat, D. (1963). Megastomella nov. gen. nouveau foraminifère de l'Afrique Occidentale. <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 6: 19-22.
page(s): p. 19 [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  PDF available [request]
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Diagnosis Test small to medium in size, flattened to slightly biconvex, oval in outline, low trochospiral coil of about one and a half rapidly flaring whorls, spiral side evolute with curved and oblique sutures, umbilical side involute and sutures radial and nearly straight, periphery rounded; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface smooth; aperture a wide vertical interiomarginal slit extending up the face of the final chamber, subequatorial to slightly on the umbilical side. L. Miocene to U. Miocene; Gabon; USA: California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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