Foraminifera taxon details
Discoramulina Seiglie, 1964
722118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:722118)
accepted
Genus
Discoramulina bollii Seiglie, 1964 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Type locality contained in Venezuelan part of the Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Venezuelan part of the Caribbean Sea [details]
Diagnosis Test attached by means of a discoid proloculus, later with several radiating series of uniserially aligned chambers of...
Diagnosis Test attached by means of a discoid proloculus, later with several radiating series of uniserially aligned chambers of hemicircular section, that may continue to be attached to the substrate or may grow free and become cylindrical, sutures straight and flush to slightly depressed; wall calcareous, dorsal surface perforate, attached surface imperforate, may have small lateral projections that adhere to the substrate; aperture rounded, simple, at the end of each uniserial row of chambers. M. Eocene to Holocene; off Venezuela; Cuba; India: Southwest Kutch. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Discoramulina Seiglie, 1964. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722118 on 2026-07-19
Date
action
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original description
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. 501 [details] Available for editors
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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. 501 [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
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test attached by means of a discoid proloculus, later with several radiating series of uniserially aligned chambers of hemicircular section, that may continue to be attached to the substrate or may grow free and become cylindrical, sutures straight and flush to slightly depressed; wall calcareous, dorsal surface perforate, attached surface imperforate, may have small lateral projections that adhere to the substrate; aperture rounded, simple, at the end of each uniserial row of chambers. M. Eocene to Holocene; off Venezuela; Cuba; India: Southwest Kutch. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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