WoRMS taxon details
Rotaliatinopsis Banner & Blow, 1967
527098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527098)
accepted
Genus
Pulleniatina semiinvoluta Germeraad, 1946 accepted as Rotaliatinopsis semiinvoluta (Germeraad, 1946) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Banner, F. T.; Blow, W. H. (1967). The Origin, Evolution and Taxonomy of the Foraminiferal Genus Pulleniatina Cushman, 1927. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 13(2): 133., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484667
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Rotaliatinopsis Banner & Blow, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527098 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Banner, F. T.; Blow, W. H. (1967). The Origin, Evolution and Taxonomy of the Foraminiferal Genus Pulleniatina Cushman, 1927. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 13(2): 133., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1484667
page(s): p. 146 [details] Available for editors
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Other
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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From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test small, up to 0.25 mm in diameter, low to high trochospiral coil of about four whorls, biconvex, about five to six chambers per whorl, spiral side evolute but final whorl may show a tendency to overlap that preceding, umbilical side involute, chambers inflated, enlarging rapidly as added, periphery broadly rounded; wall calcareous, optically granular, very finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture an elongate slit at the base of the apertural face but with a bordering lip both above and below. Pliocene (Plaisancian) to Pleistocene; Indonesia; India; Arabian Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]