Foraminifera taxon details
Protentella Lipps, 1964 †
721446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721446)
accepted
Genus
Protentella prolixa Lipps, 1964 † (type by original designation)
- Species Protentella nicobarensis (Srinivasan & Kennett, 1974) †
- Species Protentella prolixa Lipps, 1964 †
- Subgenus Protentella (Clavatorella) Srinivasan & Kennett, 1975 † accepted as Clavatorella Blow, 1965 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
- Species Protentella clavaticamerata Jenkins, 1977 † accepted as Globigerinella clavaticamerata (Jenkins, 1977) † (Opinion of Spezzaferri et al. (2018))
- Species Protentella molinae Popescu & Brotea, 1989 † accepted as Globigerinella molinae (Popescu & Brotea, 1989) † (Opinion of Spezzaferri et al. (2018))
- Species Protentella navazuelensis Molina Martinez, 1979 † accepted as Globigerinella navazuelensis (Molina, 1979) † (Opinion of Spezzaferri et al. (2018))
- Species Protentella rohiensis Popescu & Brotea, 1989 † accepted as Quiltyella clavacella (Rögl, 1969) † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Spezzaferri et al. (2018))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Lipps, J. H. (1964). Miocene planktonic foraminifera from Newport Bay, California. <em>Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology.</em> 2: 109-133., available online at http://journals.tulane.edu/index.php/tsgp/article/view/392
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page(s): p. 122 [details] Available for editors
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Protentella Lipps, 1964 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721446 on 2024-04-24
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original description
Lipps, J. H. (1964). Miocene planktonic foraminifera from Newport Bay, California. <em>Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology.</em> 2: 109-133., available online at http://journals.tulane.edu/index.php/tsgp/article/view/392
page(s): p. 122 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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. 122 [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record 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 small, flattened, biumbilicate, globular chambers increasing rapidly in size as added, early stage in low trochospiral, later planispiral, five to six radially elongate chambers in the final whorl, sutures radial, depressed, periphery rounded, peripheral outline deeply lobulate; wall calcareous, perforate, surface cancellate in appearance with deep circular to polygonal pore pits and steep pore ridges; aperture a high interiomarginal equatorial arch bordered by a thickened lip. L. Miocene (Burdigalian) to M. Miocene (M. to U. Serravalian); USA: California; English Channel. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
