Foraminifera taxon details
Kettnerammina Pokorný, 1951 †
721354 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721354)
accepted
Genus
Kettnerammina givetiana Pokorný, 1951 † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Pokorný, V. (1951). The Middle Devonian foraminifera of Čelechovice, Czechoslovakia. <em>Věstník Královské české společnosti náuk. Třída mathematicko-přírodovědecká.</em> 9[1953]: 1-29.
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Diagnosis Globular or bulbous proloculus followed by nonseptate tubular chamber of up to 0.44 mm diameter that coils about an...
Diagnosis Globular or bulbous proloculus followed by nonseptate tubular chamber of up to 0.44 mm diameter that coils about an attachment, then grows erect and bifurcates at irregular intervals, the branches extending in any direction from the dominant plane of growth, entire test having a total length of several mm; wall calcareous, homogeneous; aperture at the open end of the tube. M. Devonian (Givetian); Czechoslovakia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Kettnerammina Pokorný, 1951 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721354 on 2026-04-17
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Pokorný, V. (1951). The Middle Devonian foraminifera of Čelechovice, Czechoslovakia. <em>Věstník Královské české společnosti náuk. Třída mathematicko-přírodovědecká.</em> 9[1953]: 1-29.
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basis of record Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 3 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Globular or bulbous proloculus followed by nonseptate tubular chamber of up to 0.44 mm diameter that coils about an attachment, then grows erect and bifurcates at irregular intervals, the branches extending in any direction from the dominant plane of growth, entire test having a total length of several mm; wall calcareous, homogeneous; aperture at the open end of the tube. M. Devonian (Givetian); Czechoslovakia. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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