Foraminifera taxon details
Lankesterina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961 †
527973 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527973)
accepted
Genus
Bolivina frondea Cushman, 1922 † accepted as Polymorphina frondea (Cushman, 1922) † accepted as Lankesterina frondea (Cushman, 1922) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Loeblich, 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. 219 [details]
page(s): p. 219 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Lankesterina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527973 on 2024-04-26
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Loeblich, 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. 219 [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
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page(s): p. 219 [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
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Diagnosis Test small, palmate to rhomboid in outline, strongly compressed, with flattened sides and sharply truncate periphery, chambers low and broad, increasing rapidly in breadth as added, biserial throughout, sutures strongly oblique, gently curved, slightly depressed; wall calcareous, radial, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture terminal, radiate. U. Eocene to Oligocene; USA. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]