Foraminifera taxon details
Tetragonulina Seguenza, 1862 †
722097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722097)
accepted
Genus
Tetragonulina prima Seguenza, 1862 † (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Seguenza, G. (1862). Dei Terreni Terziarii del Distretto di Messina. Parte II - Descrizione dei Foraminiferi Monotalamici delle Marne Mioceniche del Distretto di Messina. Capra, Messina. 1-84., available online at https://books.google.pt/books/about/Dei_terreni_terziari_del_distretto_di_Me.html?id=EPgZHeQ77icC
page(s): p. 53 [details]
page(s): p. 53 [details]
Diagnosis Test unilocular, an elongate ovate chamber slightly tapering toward the aperture, subquadrangular in section, with rounded...
Diagnosis Test unilocular, an elongate ovate chamber slightly tapering toward the aperture, subquadrangular in section, with rounded angles; wall calcareous, radial in structure, white and opaque, surface smooth; aperture rounded, at the end of a cylindrical neck. U. Miocene; Italy: Messina district. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Tetragonulina Seguenza, 1862 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722097 on 2025-05-09
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Seguenza, G. (1862). Dei Terreni Terziarii del Distretto di Messina. Parte II - Descrizione dei Foraminiferi Monotalamici delle Marne Mioceniche del Distretto di Messina. Capra, Messina. 1-84., available online at https://books.google.pt/books/about/Dei_terreni_terziari_del_distretto_di_Me.html?id=EPgZHeQ77icC
page(s): p. 53 [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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page(s): p. 53 [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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Diagnosis Test unilocular, an elongate ovate chamber slightly tapering toward the aperture, subquadrangular in section, with rounded angles; wall calcareous, radial in structure, white and opaque, surface smooth; aperture rounded, at the end of a cylindrical neck. U. Miocene; Italy: Messina district. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
