Foraminifera name details

Orbitolites prattii subsp. minor (Meffert, 1931) †

1575787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1575787)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Tubothalamea (Class)
  7. Miliolida (Order)
  8. Miliolina (Suborder)
  9. Soritoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Soritidae (Family)
  11. Soritinae (Subfamily)
  12. Orbitolites † (Genus)
  13. Orbitolites prattii † (Species)
  14. Orbitolites prattii subsp. minor † (Subspecies)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (Opinion of Less (1987))
Discocyclina prattii subsp. minor (Meffert, 1931) †
Subspecies
Orbitolites prattii Michelin, 1846 † accepted as Discocyclina prattii (Michelin, 1846) †
Orthophragmina (Discocyclina) umbo var. minor Meffert, 1931 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (Opinion of Less (1987) and Özcan...)  
Opinion of Less (1987) and Özcan et al. (2022)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Orthophragmina (Discocyclina) umbo var. minor Meffert, 1931 †) Meffert, B. F. (1931). Эоценовая фауна из Даралагёза в Армении - La faune éocène du Daralaghez en Arménie. <em>Геологическое издательство главного геолого-разведочного управления, Москва-Ленинград - Transactions of the Geological and Prospecting Service of U.S.S.R.</em> 99: 1-72., available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/12862 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Orbitolites prattii subsp. minor (Meffert, 1931) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1575787 on 2026-09-04
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2022-04-06 17:18:49Z
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Le Coze, François
2024-09-16 13:48:41Z
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Le Coze, François
2026-07-25 10:58:58Z
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Pignatti, Johannes

original description (of Orthophragmina (Discocyclina) umbo var. minor Meffert, 1931 †) Meffert, B. F. (1931). Эоценовая фауна из Даралагёза в Армении - La faune éocène du Daralaghez en Arménie. <em>Геологическое издательство главного геолого-разведочного управления, Москва-Ленинград - Transactions of the Geological and Prospecting Service of U.S.S.R.</em> 99: 1-72., available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/12862 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

new combination reference Özcan, E.; Yücel, A. O.; Erkızan, L. S.; Gültekin, M. N.; Kayğılı, S.; Yurtsever, S. (2022). Atlas of the Tethyan Orthophragmines. <em>Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews.</em> 4: 3-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s42990-022-00072-1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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