Foraminifera taxon details
Poritextularia Loeblich & Tappan, 1952
739480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739480)
accepted
Genus
Poritextularia mexicana Loeblich & Tappan, 1952 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1952). Poritextularia, a new Recent foraminiferal genus. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(8): 264-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697618
page(s): p. 264 [details]
page(s): p. 264 [details]
Diagnosis Test free, large, broad, and flaring, sides flattened, broad low chambers biserially arranged throughout and highest at the...
Diagnosis Test free, large, broad, and flaring, sides flattened, broad low chambers biserially arranged throughout and highest at the median zigzag suture; wall agglutinated; aperture a high vertical and elongate slit beginning at the base of the apertural face, becoming multiple in the later stage, as projections extend across the opening to form a single row of pores on the face of the final chamber. Holocene; Pacific Ocean: off Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Poritextularia Loeblich & Tappan, 1952. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739480 on 2025-06-02
Date
action
by
original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1952). Poritextularia, a new Recent foraminiferal genus. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(8): 264-266., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697618
page(s): p. 264 [details]
page(s): p. 264 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, large, broad, and flaring, sides flattened, broad low chambers biserially arranged throughout and highest at the median zigzag suture; wall agglutinated; aperture a high vertical and elongate slit beginning at the base of the apertural face, becoming multiple in the later stage, as projections extend across the opening to form a single row of pores on the face of the final chamber. Holocene; Pacific Ocean: off Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
