Foraminifera taxon details
Altamirella Schlagintweit, Rigaud & Wilmsen, 2015 †
1316300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1316300)
accepted
Genus
Altamirella biscayana Schlagintweit, Rigaud & Wilmsen, 2015 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Schlagintweit, F.; Rigaud, S.; Wilmsen, M. (2015). The benthic foraminifer Altamirella biscayana n. gen., n. sp. from the lower Cenomanian of Cantabria, N-Spain: A post-Palaeozoic fusulinan?. <em>Cretaceous Research.</em> 52: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.08.001
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Original description Diagnosis. Test conical to flared conical, at least periodically attached on its umbilical side. It is formed by a globular...
Original description Diagnosis. Test conical to flared conical, at least periodically attached on its umbilical side. It is formed by a globular proloculus followed, step by step, by 1) a short nepiont formed by trochospirally enrolled subglobular chambers, 2) a calcitic fibro-hyaline layer surrounding the proloculus and the nepiont, 3) the alternation of numerous, trochospirally enrolled, more or less deep subpyramidal to dome-shaped, internally simple chambers and at least one umbilical calcitic, fibro-hyaline layer per whorl. Wall calcitic, dark microgranular to agglutinated. Aperture single, interiomarginal.
Horizon and locality. Lower Cenomanian, Bielba and Altamira formations.
(Schlagintweit et al. (2015)). [details]
Horizon and locality. Lower Cenomanian, Bielba and Altamira formations.
(Schlagintweit et al. (2015)). [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Altamirella Schlagintweit, Rigaud & Wilmsen, 2015 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1316300 on 2026-01-20
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Schlagintweit, F.; Rigaud, S.; Wilmsen, M. (2015). The benthic foraminifer Altamirella biscayana n. gen., n. sp. from the lower Cenomanian of Cantabria, N-Spain: A post-Palaeozoic fusulinan?. <em>Cretaceous Research.</em> 52: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.08.001
page(s): p. 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Original description Diagnosis. Test conical to flared conical, at least periodically attached on its umbilical side. It is formed by a globular proloculus followed, step by step, by 1) a short nepiont formed by trochospirally enrolled subglobular chambers, 2) a calcitic fibro-hyaline layer surrounding the proloculus and the nepiont, 3) the alternation of numerous, trochospirally enrolled, more or less deep subpyramidal to dome-shaped, internally simple chambers and at least one umbilical calcitic, fibro-hyaline layer per whorl. Wall calcitic, dark microgranular to agglutinated. Aperture single, interiomarginal.Horizon and locality. Lower Cenomanian, Bielba and Altamira formations.
(Schlagintweit et al. (2015)). [details]
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