Foraminifera taxon details
Megastomella capitanensis (Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934) †
1351436 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1351436)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pulvinulinella capitanensis Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934 †) Cushman, J. A.; Kleinpell, R. M. (1934). New and unrecorded Foraminifera from the California Miocene. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 10(1): 1-23., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/10cclfr1.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Megastomella capitanensis (Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934) †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1351436 on 2026-02-10
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(of Pulvinulinella capitanensis Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934 †) Cushman, J. A.; Kleinpell, R. M. (1934). New and unrecorded Foraminifera from the California Miocene. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 10(1): 1-23., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/10cclfr1.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Finger, K. L.; Lipps, J. H.; Weaver, J. C. B.; Miller, P. L. (1990). Biostratigraphy and depositional paleoenvironments of calcareous microfossils in the Lower Monterey Formation (Lower to Middle Miocene), Graves Creek area, central California. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 36 (1): 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485663 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]new combination reference Finger, K. L.; Lipps, J. H.; Weaver, J. C. B.; Miller, P. L. (1990). Biostratigraphy and depositional paleoenvironments of calcareous microfossils in the Lower Monterey Formation (Lower to Middle Miocene), Graves Creek area, central California. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 36 (1): 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485663 [details] Available for editors
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To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Pulvinulinella capitanensis USNM CC 20149 holotype) (from synonym Pulvinulinella capitanensis Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934 †)
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