Foraminifera taxon details
Bifurcammina Ireland, 1939 †
737408 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737408)
accepted
Genus
Bifurcammina bifurca Ireland, 1939 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Ireland, H. A. (1939). Devonian and Silurian Foraminifera from Oklahoma. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 13(2): 190-202.
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Diagnosis Ovoid proloculus followed by planispirally enrolled undivided tubular second chamber as in Ammodiscus, in final whorl the...
Diagnosis Ovoid proloculus followed by planispirally enrolled undivided tubular second chamber as in Ammodiscus, in final whorl the tubular chamber bifurcates to form two parallel and closely appressed tubes, one or both of which may be uncoiled and rectilinear for a short distance; wall of agglutinated fine quartz particles; apertures at the ends of the tubes, or rarely a single aperture at the end of the tubes that have rejoined terminally. M. Silurian; USA: Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Bifurcammina Ireland, 1939 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737408 on 2025-05-30
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Ireland, H. A. (1939). Devonian and Silurian Foraminifera from Oklahoma. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 13(2): 190-202.
page(s): p. 201 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 201 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Ovoid proloculus followed by planispirally enrolled undivided tubular second chamber as in Ammodiscus, in final whorl the tubular chamber bifurcates to form two parallel and closely appressed tubes, one or both of which may be uncoiled and rectilinear for a short distance; wall of agglutinated fine quartz particles; apertures at the ends of the tubes, or rarely a single aperture at the end of the tubes that have rejoined terminally. M. Silurian; USA: Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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