WoRMS taxon details
Laffitteina Marie, 1946 †
722393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722393)
accepted
Genus
Laffitteina bibensis Marie, 1946 † (type by original designation)
Orduina Sirel, 1969 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym of...)
Subjective junior synonym of Laffitteina Opinion of Sirel (1994) [Subjective junior synonym of Kathina in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)]
- Species Laffitteina anatoliensis Acar, 2019 †
- Species Laffitteina bibensis Marie, 1946 †
- Species Laffitteina biconvexa Sirel, 2018 †
- Species Laffitteina boluensis Dizer, 1957 †
- Species Laffitteina compressa Rahaghi, 1976 †
- Species Laffitteina conica Drooger, 1952 †
- Species Laffitteina erki (Sirel, 1969) †
- Species Laffitteina jaskii Rahaghi, 1992 †
- Species Laffitteina koyulhisarica Sirel, 1996 †
- Species Laffitteina lecalvezae Rahaghi, 1976 †
- Species Laffitteina marsicana Farinacci, 1965 †
- Species Laffitteina mengaudi (Astre, 1924) †
- Species Laffitteina monodi Marie, 1946 †
- Species Laffitteina thraciaensis Acar, 2019 †
- Species Laffitteina turcica Inan, 2002 †
- Species Laffitteina khorassanica Rahaghi, 1976 † accepted as Rahaghia khorassanica (Rahaghi, 1976) † (Opinion of Hottinger (2014))
- Species Laffitteina melona Rahaghi, 1976 † accepted as Rahaghia melona (Rahaghi, 1976) † (Type species of Rahaghia)
- Species Laffitteina vallensis Ruiz de Gaona, 1948 † accepted as Cuvillierina vallensis (Ruiz de Gaona, 1948) † (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1964))
- Species Laffitteina vanbelleni Grimsdale, 1952 † accepted as Cuvillierina vallensis (Ruiz de Gaona, 1948) † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Species Laffitteina yarzai Ruiz de Gaona, 1948 † accepted as Cuvillierina yarzai (Ruiz de Gaona, 1948) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of van Hinte (1963), Sirel (1998), Hottinger (2014))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Marie, P., 1946, Sur Laffitteina bibensis et Laffitteina monodi nouveau genre et nouvelles espèces de foraminifères du Montien, Bulletin de Ia Société Géologique de France (1945) ser. 5 15:419-434.
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Laffitteina Marie, 1946 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722393 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Marie, P., 1946, Sur Laffitteina bibensis et Laffitteina monodi nouveau genre et nouvelles espèces de foraminifères du Montien, Bulletin de Ia Société Géologique de France (1945) ser. 5 15:419-434.
page(s): p. 430 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Orduina Sirel, 1969 †) Sirel, E., (1969), On the discovery of Orduina n. gen., a new genus of family Rotaliidae: MTA Bull, (foreign edition), 73: 145-147, available online at https://dergipark.org.tr/bulletinofmre/issue/3899/52035
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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. 430 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Orduina Sirel, 1969 †) Sirel, E., (1969), On the discovery of Orduina n. gen., a new genus of family Rotaliidae: MTA Bull, (foreign edition), 73: 145-147, available online at https://dergipark.org.tr/bulletinofmre/issue/3899/52035
page(s): p. 145 [details] Available for editors

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 lenticular, flattened to inflated, low trochospiral to nearly planispiral but asymmetrical and nearly bi-involute, umbilical thickening on both sides but more prominent on one side, septa double, with ramifying interseptal canals that open as two alternating rows of pores along the sutures on the spiral side, vertical umbilical canals present, as well as peripheral and lateral spiral canals that communicate with the intraseptal canals; wall calcareous, hyaline; aperture an oblique interiomarginal slit extending toward the umbilical plug. U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); France; Spain; Italy; Greece; Yugoslavia; W. Africa: Mauritania. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]