WoRMS taxon details
Valvobifarina Hofker, 1951
490052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:490052)
accepted
Genus
Bifarina mackinnonii Millett, 1900 accepted as Valvobifarina mackinnonii (Millett, 1900) (type by original designation)
- Species Valvobifarina mackinnonii (Millett, 1900)
- Species Valvobifarina niobeae Revets, 1991
- Species Valvobifarina robusta (Sidebottom, 1918)
- Species Valvobifarina elongata (Millett, 1900) accepted as Alectinella elongata (Millett, 1900)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Hofker, J. (1951). The Foraminifera of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3. <em>Siboga Expeditie, monograph.</em> 4: 1-513.
page(s): p. 39 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 39 [details] Available for editors [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Valvobifarina Hofker, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=490052 on 2024-03-29
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original description
Hofker, J. (1951). The Foraminifera of the Siboga Expedition. Part 3. <em>Siboga Expeditie, monograph.</em> 4: 1-513.
page(s): p. 39 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
redescription Revets, S. A. (1991). Revision of the genus <i>Valvobifarina</i> Hofker, 1951 (Foraminiferida). <em>Journal of Micropalaeontology.</em> 10(2): 115-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.10.2.115 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 39 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
redescription Revets, S. A. (1991). Revision of the genus <i>Valvobifarina</i> Hofker, 1951 (Foraminiferida). <em>Journal of Micropalaeontology.</em> 10(2): 115-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.10.2.115 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Test elongate, triserial, and triangular in section in the early stage, later twisted biserial and compressed, with chambers cuneate in outline, overhanging and recurved at the carinate lateral margins, sutures arched, oblique and depressed; wall calcareous, coarsely perforate, surface pustulate, margins carinate; aperture terminal, a narrow and elongate slit occupying the full width of the apertural face and bordered by an everted rim. Holocene; Malay Archipelago; Timor Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]