Foraminifera taxon details
Amphisteginidae Cushman, 1927
- Genus Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Butterliniana Mitchell, E. Robinson & Özcan in Mitchell et al., 2022 †
- Genus Sanctus Boukhary, Abd-Elshafi & Mattar, 2011 †
- Genus Omphalophacus Ehrenberg, 1839 accepted as Amphistegina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/3cclfr1.pdf
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Diagnosis Chambers numerous, with complex chamberlets at center of umbilical side, and may have interseptal pillars; aperture a...
Diagnosis Chambers numerous, with complex chamberlets at center of umbilical side, and may have interseptal pillars; aperture a narrow interiomarginal slit. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Amphisteginidae Cushman, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111906 on 2025-04-30
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Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/3cclfr1.pdf
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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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. 79 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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 Chambers numerous, with complex chamberlets at center of umbilical side, and may have interseptal pillars; aperture a narrow interiomarginal slit. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
