Foraminifera taxon details
Ungulatellidae Seiglie, 1964
526499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:526499)
accepted
Family
- Genus Metapatellina McCulloch, 1977
- Genus Ungulatella Cushman, 1931
- Genus Ungulatelloides Seiglie, 1964
- Genus Praepatellina McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Patellina Williamson, 1858 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Type locality contained in Venezuelan part of the Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Venezuelan part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Diagnosis Test trochospiral, proloculus followed by undivided tubular chamber of one to two whorls, then with one or two chambers per...
Diagnosis Test trochospiral, proloculus followed by undivided tubular chamber of one to two whorls, then with one or two chambers per whorl, or may have two chambers per whorl immediately following the proloculus; aperture a curved or rounded opening at the end of the final chamber. Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ungulatellidae Seiglie, 1964. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=526499 on 2026-07-14
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Seiglie, G. A. (1964). New and rare foraminifers from Los Testigos reefs, Venezuela. <em>Caribbean Journal of Science.</em> 4(4): 497-512.
page(s): p. 509 [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
page(s): p. 509 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test trochospiral, proloculus followed by undivided tubular chamber of one to two whorls, then with one or two chambers per whorl, or may have two chambers per whorl immediately following the proloculus; aperture a curved or rounded opening at the end of the final chamber. Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
