Foraminifera taxon details

Loxostomatidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1962 †

526466  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:526466)

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  1. Genus Aragonia Finlay, 1939 †
  2. Genus Grimsdaleinella Bolli, 1959 †
  3. Genus Loxostomum Ehrenberg, 1854 †
  4. Genus Bolivinitella Marie, 1941 † accepted as Loxostomum Ehrenberg, 1854 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
  5. Genus Loxostoma Howe, 1930 † accepted as Loxostomum Ehrenberg, 1854 † (Err. emend.)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1962). Six new generic names in the Mycetozoida (Trichiidae) and Foraminiferida (Fischerinidae, Buliminidae, Caucasinidae and Pleurostomellidae) and a re-description of Loxostomum (Loxostomidae, new family). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 75: 107-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/44775#/summary
page(s): p. 110 [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Loxostomatidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1962 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=526466 on 2024-04-18
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original description Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1962). Six new generic names in the Mycetozoida (Trichiidae) and Foraminiferida (Fischerinidae, Buliminidae, Caucasinidae and Pleurostomellidae) and a re-description of Loxostomum (Loxostomidae, new family). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 75: 107-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/44775#/summary
page(s): p. 110 [details]   

additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test biserial, at least in early stage, later may tend to become uniserial; aperture a low interiomarginal opening in the biserial stage, a terminal slit in the uniserial stage. U. Cretaceous (Santonian) to M. Eocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]