Foraminifera taxon details

Frumentella Stewart, 1958 †

721820  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721820)

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Frumentella exempla Stewart, 1958 † (type by original designation)

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Stewart, W. J. (1958). Some fusulinids from the upper Strawn, Pennsylvanian, of Texas. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 32(6): 1051-1070.
page(s): p. 1055 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Frumentella Stewart, 1958 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721820 on 2024-04-16
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original description Stewart, W. J. (1958). Some fusulinids from the upper Strawn, Pennsylvanian, of Texas. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 32(6): 1051-1070.
page(s): p. 1055 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request] 
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Diagnosis Test very small, up to 1.2 mm in length, fusiform, with relatively large proloculus followed by four volutions, the earliest being streptospirally coiled, later stage becoming fusiform after a change in coiling axis, septa flat, without fluting; wall of three layers, with tectum, diaphanotheca, and irregularly developed outer tectorium, chomata present, extending laterally into the axial secondary deposits. U. Carboniferous (Moscovian), Strawn; USA: Texas; New Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]