Foraminifera taxon details

Ovammina Dahlgren, 1962

248349  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248349)

accepted
Genus
Ovammina opaca Dahlgren, 1962 (type by original designation)
Dahlgrenia Lena, 1974 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Dahlgreniella Lena & Haman, 1980 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)

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Dahlgren, L. (1962). A new monothalamous foraminifer, Ovammina opaca n. gen., n. sp., belonging to the family Saccamminidae. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 197-200.
page(s): p. 196 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Ovammina Dahlgren, 1962. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248349 on 2024-03-29
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2007-11-28 12:00:16Z
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2010-10-04 12:33:20Z
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2013-08-15 07:14:25Z
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2014-01-03 08:52:13Z
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2018-09-27 09:06:32Z
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original description Dahlgren, L. (1962). A new monothalamous foraminifer, Ovammina opaca n. gen., n. sp., belonging to the family Saccamminidae. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala.</em> 33: 197-200.
page(s): p. 196 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Dahlgrenia Lena, 1974) Lena, H., 1974, Dahlgrenia patagoniensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Foraminifera, Saccamminidae), Physis, Seccion A, Buenos Aires 33(86) :9-16.
page(s): p. 10 [details]   

original description  (of Dahlgreniella Lena & Haman, 1980) Lena, H., and D. Haman, 1980, Dahlgreniella nom. nov. for the genus Dahlgrenia Lena (Foraminifera, Saccamminidae), Revista Española Micropaleontologia 12:178.
page(s): p. 178 [details]   

basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS[details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Diagnosis Test free, ovoid to fusiform, about 0.13 mm to 0.7 mm in length and 0.23 mm to 0.5 mm in breadth, ovoid to circular in transverse section; wall with inner hyaline layer and outer opaque layer of fine agglutinated mica flakes and diatom frustules, resulting in a granular surface; aperture terminal, with entosolenian apparatus of a diameter about one-fourth to one-sixth of the test diameter, connected to the inner wall layer by thin lateral lamellae, during gametogenesis the main aperture constricts and closes, and a ring of accessory apertures forms around it to provide egress for the gametes; gamont uninucleate, schizont multinucleate, with up to 16 nuclei of 12 µm to 86 µm in diameter; cytoplasm gray to colorless. Holocene; Sweden: Gullmar Fjord, to about l m; Argentina: Puerto Deseada. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]