Foraminifera taxon details
Dictyopsellidae Brönnimann, Zaninetti & Whittaker, 1983 †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Brönnimann, P.; Zaninetti, L.; Whittaker, J. E. (1983). On the classification of the Trochamminacea (Foraminiferida). <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 13(3): 202-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.13.3.202 [details]
Diagnosis Test a low trochospire, chambers semilunate as seen from spiral side, subtriangular with umbilical prolongation and nearly...
Diagnosis Test a low trochospire, chambers semilunate as seen from spiral side, subtriangular with umbilical prolongation and nearly radial sutures on the umbilical side, chamber interior with prominent subepidermal network; wall finely agglutinated; primary aperture interiomarginal, with small secondary openings on the opposite side of the final chamber opening beneath the umbilical flap. L. Cretaceous (Barremian) to U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Dictyopsellidae Brönnimann, Zaninetti & Whittaker, 1983 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738970 on 2025-05-24
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Brönnimann, P.; Zaninetti, L.; Whittaker, J. E. (1983). On the classification of the Trochamminacea (Foraminiferida). <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 13(3): 202-218., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.13.3.202 [details]
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Diagnosis Test a low trochospire, chambers semilunate as seen from spiral side, subtriangular with umbilical prolongation and nearly radial sutures on the umbilical side, chamber interior with prominent subepidermal network; wall finely agglutinated; primary aperture interiomarginal, with small secondary openings on the opposite side of the final chamber opening beneath the umbilical flap. L. Cretaceous (Barremian) to U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian). (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
