Foraminifera taxon details

Tetrataxiella Seiglie, 1964

739146  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739146)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Globothalamea (Class)
  7. Textulariana (Subclass)
  8. Loftusiida (Order)
  9. Ataxophragmiina (Suborder)
  10. Ataxophragmioidea (Superfamily)
  11. Globotextulariidae (Family)
  12. Globotextulariinae (Subfamily)
  13. Tetrataxiella (Genus)
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Genus
Tetrataxiella ayalai Seiglie, 1964 (type by original designation)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Seiglie, G. A. (1964). Algunos foraminiferos arenaceos recientes de Venezuela. <em>Boletin del Instituto Oceanografico de la Universidad de Oriente.</em> 3(1-2): 5-12.
page(s): p. 9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Diagnosis Test free, elongate conical, quadriserial, chambers inflated and strongly overlapping, so that final whorl occupies...  
Diagnosis Test free, elongate conical, quadriserial, chambers inflated and strongly overlapping, so that final whorl occupies one-half the test length, interior simple; wall agglutinated, surface smoothly finished except for frequent large grains of quartz or shell fragments; aperture a low interiomarginal arch, opening into the umbilicus. Holocene: Caribbean: NE Venezuela. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Tetrataxiella Seiglie, 1964. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739146 on 2025-09-18
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2013-09-03 09:14:29Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2014-03-11 08:21:00Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2020-03-10 12:28:26Z
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Le Coze, François

original description Seiglie, G. A. (1964). Algunos foraminiferos arenaceos recientes de Venezuela. <em>Boletin del Instituto Oceanografico de la Universidad de Oriente.</em> 3(1-2): 5-12.
page(s): p. 9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, elongate conical, quadriserial, chambers inflated and strongly overlapping, so that final whorl occupies one-half the test length, interior simple; wall agglutinated, surface smoothly finished except for frequent large grains of quartz or shell fragments; aperture a low interiomarginal arch, opening into the umbilicus. Holocene: Caribbean: NE Venezuela. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

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