Foraminifera taxon details
Ziguiella Lin, 1980 †
721787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721787)
accepted
Genus
Gallowaiinella quasicylindrica Ding, 1978 † accepted as Ziguiella quasicylindrica (Ding, 1978) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Lin, J. X. (1980). On the age and stratigraphical significance of the genus Gallowayinella. <em>Bulletin of the Chinese Academy Geological Sciences, Series 8.</em> 1(2): 37-45.
page(s): p. 41 [details]
page(s): p. 41 [details]
Diagnosis Test of moderate size, ovoid to subcylindrical, bluntly rounded at the poles, loosely planispirally enrolled, three to four...
Diagnosis Test of moderate size, ovoid to subcylindrical, bluntly rounded at the poles, loosely planispirally enrolled, three to four and a half whorls that increase rapidly in height, septa intensely fluted throughout length of the test, with commonly irregular, high, and narrow folds that nearly reach the chamber roof; wall of two layers, tectum and diaphanotheca, weakly developed axial fillings only in the inner whorls, no chomata. Uppermost Permian; China: Hubei Province. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ziguiella Lin, 1980 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721787 on 2026-03-26
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original description
Lin, J. X. (1980). On the age and stratigraphical significance of the genus Gallowayinella. <em>Bulletin of the Chinese Academy Geological Sciences, Series 8.</em> 1(2): 37-45.
page(s): p. 41 [details]
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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page(s): p. 41 [details]
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 Test of moderate size, ovoid to subcylindrical, bluntly rounded at the poles, loosely planispirally enrolled, three to four and a half whorls that increase rapidly in height, septa intensely fluted throughout length of the test, with commonly irregular, high, and narrow folds that nearly reach the chamber roof; wall of two layers, tectum and diaphanotheca, weakly developed axial fillings only in the inner whorls, no chomata. Uppermost Permian; China: Hubei Province. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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