Foraminifera taxon details
Dentalina obsoleta (Acosta, 1940)
1636053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1636053)
accepted
Species
Nodogenerina obsoleta Acosta, 1940 · unaccepted > superseded combination (Opinion of Hayward (2023) pers. comm.)
Stilostomella obsoleta (Acosta, 1940) · unaccepted (This family is extinct and this...)
This family is extinct and this species appears to have a Dentalina aperture (Hayward pers. comm. 2023)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nodogenerina obsoleta Acosta, 1940) Acosta, J. T. (1940). Algunos foraminíferos nuevos de las costas cubanas. <em>Torreia, Museo Poey, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba.</em> 5: 3-6., available online at https://archive.org/details/collected-reprints-woods-hole-oceanographic-institution_1940/page/82/mode/2up, https://archive.org/details/torreia-1939_1940-12-31_5
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Type locality contained in Cuban part of the North Atlantic Ocean
type locality contained in Cuban part of the North Atlantic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Dentalina obsoleta (Acosta, 1940). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1636053 on 2026-04-21
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(of Nodogenerina obsoleta Acosta, 1940) Acosta, J. T. (1940). Algunos foraminíferos nuevos de las costas cubanas. <em>Torreia, Museo Poey, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba.</em> 5: 3-6., available online at https://archive.org/details/collected-reprints-woods-hole-oceanographic-institution_1940/page/82/mode/2up, https://archive.org/details/torreia-1939_1940-12-31_5
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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