Foraminifera taxon details
Tetrataxoidea Galloway, 1933 nom. trans. Haynes, 1981 †
- Family Tetrataxidae Galloway, 1933 nom. transl. Pokorný, 1958 †
- Family Abadehellidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 † accepted as Tetrataxidae Galloway, 1933 nom. transl. Pokorný, 1958 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Hance, Hou and Vachard (2011))
- Family Pseudotaxidae Mamet, 1974 † accepted as Tetrataxidae Galloway, 1933 nom. transl. Pokorný, 1958 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Hance, Hou and Vachard (2011))
- Family Valvulinellidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 † accepted as Tetrataxidae Galloway, 1933 nom. transl. Pokorný, 1958 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Hance, Hou and Vachard (2011))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Galloway, J. J. (1933). A manual of Foraminifera. <em>Bloomington, Principia Press.</em> , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822014134829
note: Tetrataxinae [details]
note: Tetrataxinae [details]
Description Test conical, trochospiral, with a planar to slightly depressed face. Umbilical face depressed to planar or forming more or...
Diagnosis Test conical, trochospiral, spiral side evolute, umbilical side involute; few to many chambers per whorl, secondary...
Description Test conical, trochospiral, with a planar to slightly depressed face. Umbilical face depressed to planar or forming more or less developed umbilical pivots (Globotetrataxis, some Tetrataxis). Mode of life attached to vagile, epiphytic on algae or corals. Four or five chambers in each whorl. Undivided chambers, or with secondary partitions (Valvulinella, Abadehella). Aperture in the umbilicus, occasionally protected by a micro-aquarium. Wall thin dark microgranular, thick with the hyaline microgranular always as the outer layer and only located in the umbilicus, and not on the flanks.
Occurrence. Late Tournaisian (MFZ6)–Changhsingian; generally cosmopolitan. Triassic “tetrataxids” need further studies; Jurassic forms as Mohlerina Bucur, Senowbari-Daryan & Abate, 1996, are closely related to Tetrataxidae (Schlagintweit 2012).
(Vachard and Le Coze (2022)). [details]
Occurrence. Late Tournaisian (MFZ6)–Changhsingian; generally cosmopolitan. Triassic “tetrataxids” need further studies; Jurassic forms as Mohlerina Bucur, Senowbari-Daryan & Abate, 1996, are closely related to Tetrataxidae (Schlagintweit 2012).
(Vachard and Le Coze (2022)). [details]
Diagnosis Test conical, trochospiral, spiral side evolute, umbilical side involute; few to many chambers per whorl, secondary...
Diagnosis Test conical, trochospiral, spiral side evolute, umbilical side involute; few to many chambers per whorl, secondary partitions may result in many tiny chamberlets; wall microgranular calcareous, may have one or two distinct layers; aperture umbilical. L. Carboniferous (Tournaisian) to U. Permian. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Tetrataxoidea Galloway, 1933 nom. trans. Haynes, 1981 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720878 on 2025-05-05
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Galloway, J. J. (1933). A manual of Foraminifera. <em>Bloomington, Principia Press.</em> , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822014134829
note: Tetrataxinae [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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additional source Vachard, D.; Pille, L.; Gaillot, J. (2010). Palaeozoic Foraminifera: Systematics, palaeoecology and responses to global changes. <i>Revue de Micropaléontologie</i>. 53(4): 209-254., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251495231 [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Tetrataxinae [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
[request]additional source Vachard, D.; Pille, L.; Gaillot, J. (2010). Palaeozoic Foraminifera: Systematics, palaeoecology and responses to global changes. <i>Revue de Micropaléontologie</i>. 53(4): 209-254., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/251495231 [details] Available for editors
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Description Test conical, trochospiral, with a planar to slightly depressed face. Umbilical face depressed to planar or forming more or less developed umbilical pivots (Globotetrataxis, some Tetrataxis). Mode of life attached to vagile, epiphytic on algae or corals. Four or five chambers in each whorl. Undivided chambers, or with secondary partitions (Valvulinella, Abadehella). Aperture in the umbilicus, occasionally protected by a micro-aquarium. Wall thin dark microgranular, thick with the hyaline microgranular always as the outer layer and only located in the umbilicus, and not on the flanks.Occurrence. Late Tournaisian (MFZ6)–Changhsingian; generally cosmopolitan. Triassic “tetrataxids” need further studies; Jurassic forms as Mohlerina Bucur, Senowbari-Daryan & Abate, 1996, are closely related to Tetrataxidae (Schlagintweit 2012).
(Vachard and Le Coze (2022)). [details]
Diagnosis Test conical, trochospiral, spiral side evolute, umbilical side involute; few to many chambers per whorl, secondary partitions may result in many tiny chamberlets; wall microgranular calcareous, may have one or two distinct layers; aperture umbilical. L. Carboniferous (Tournaisian) to U. Permian. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
