Foraminifera taxon details
Agathaminella Benjamini, 1988 †
1051875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1051875)
accepted
Genus
Agathaminella planispira Benjamini, 1988 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Benjamini, C. (1988). Triassic foraminifera from Makhtesh Ramon, central Negev, southern Israel. <em>Revue de Paléobiologie.</em> 2(1): 129-144.
page(s): p. 135 [details]
page(s): p. 135 [details]
Original description Description: Like Agathammina austroalpina, with quinqueloculine inner whorls, but with 2 planispiral, evolute, slightly...
Taxonomic remark First described as belonging to the Fischerinidae.
Original description Description: Like Agathammina austroalpina, with quinqueloculine inner whorls, but with 2 planispiral, evolute, slightly sinuous outer whorls. Diameter 100 µm; thickness 40 µm. Wall microcrystalline, possibly originally porcela-neous. Resembles some small Glomospirella but Agathammina origin and association is unmistakeable,
Stratigraphy: Carnian.
(Benjamini (1988) description of A. planispira)). [details]
Stratigraphy: Carnian.
(Benjamini (1988) description of A. planispira)). [details]
Taxonomic remark First described as belonging to the Fischerinidae.
Taxonomic remark First described as belonging to the Fischerinidae. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Agathaminella Benjamini, 1988 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1051875 on 2026-03-26
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Benjamini, C. (1988). Triassic foraminifera from Makhtesh Ramon, central Negev, southern Israel. <em>Revue de Paléobiologie.</em> 2(1): 129-144.
page(s): p. 135 [details]
basis of record Haman, D. (1992). A potpourri of new foraminiferal genera and subgenera proposed since 1987 (listing and observations). <em>Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology.</em> 25: 139-155., available online at https://journals.tulane.edu/index.php/tsgp/article/download/845/772 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 135 [details]
basis of record Haman, D. (1992). A potpourri of new foraminiferal genera and subgenera proposed since 1987 (listing and observations). <em>Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology.</em> 25: 139-155., available online at https://journals.tulane.edu/index.php/tsgp/article/download/845/772 [details] Available for editors
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Original description Description: Like Agathammina austroalpina, with quinqueloculine inner whorls, but with 2 planispiral, evolute, slightly sinuous outer whorls. Diameter 100 µm; thickness 40 µm. Wall microcrystalline, possibly originally porcela-neous. Resembles some small Glomospirella but Agathammina origin and association is unmistakeable,Stratigraphy: Carnian.
(Benjamini (1988) description of A. planispira)). [details]
Taxonomic remark First described as belonging to the Fischerinidae. [details]
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon