Foraminifera taxon details
Multifidella Loeblich & Tappan, 1961
415657 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415657)
accepted
Genus
Clavulina communis var. nodulosa Cushman, 1922 accepted as Multifidella nodulosa (Cushman, 1922) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1961). Remarks on the systematics of the Sarkodina (Protozoa), renamed homonyms and new and validated genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 74: 213-234., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571345
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Diagnosis Test free, elongate, early portion trochospiral, with four to five chambers per whorl, later triserial, biserial, and...
Diagnosis Test free, elongate, early portion trochospiral, with four to five chambers per whorl, later triserial, biserial, and finally with a relatively long uniserial stage in the adult; wall finely agglutinated, canaliculate; aperture terminal, cribrate, consisting of elongate slits variously aligned in the center of the depressed apertural face, each slit bordered by a lip. Miocene to Holocene; Atlantic; Caribbean: Trinidad, West Indies. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Multifidella Loeblich & Tappan, 1961. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415657 on 2025-11-26
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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z
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original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1961). Remarks on the systematics of the Sarkodina (Protozoa), renamed homonyms and new and validated genera. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 74: 213-234., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34571345
page(s): p. 218 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 218 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test free, elongate, early portion trochospiral, with four to five chambers per whorl, later triserial, biserial, and finally with a relatively long uniserial stage in the adult; wall finely agglutinated, canaliculate; aperture terminal, cribrate, consisting of elongate slits variously aligned in the center of the depressed apertural face, each slit bordered by a lip. Miocene to Holocene; Atlantic; Caribbean: Trinidad, West Indies. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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