Foraminifera taxon details
Psamminopelta Tappan, 1957 †
737422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737422)
accepted
Genus
- Species Psamminopelta arca Schröder-Adams & McNeil, 1994 †
- Species Psamminopelta bowsheri Tappan, 1957 †
- Species Psamminopelta complanata Saidova, 1961
- Species Psamminopelta gradsteini Kaminski & Geroch, 1997 †
- Species Psamminopelta kusanbaensis Myatlyuk in Myatlyuk & Vasilenko, 1988 †
- Species Psamminopelta operta Bulatova, 1976 †
- Species Psamminopelta subcircularis Tappan, 1957 †
- Species Psamminopelta takayanagii Yasuda, 1986 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Tappan, H. (1957). New Cretaceous index Foraminifera from northern Alaska. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 201-222., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32376708
page(s): p. 211 [details]
page(s): p. 211 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Psamminopelta Tappan, 1957 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737422 on 2024-04-18
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original description
Tappan, H. (1957). New Cretaceous index Foraminifera from northern Alaska. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 201-222., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32376708
page(s): p. 211 [details]
page(s): p. 211 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, ovoid in outline, broad and flattened, proloculus followed by tubular, planispirally enrolled and wholly evolute chambers a half coil in length; wall finely agglutinated, probably on an organic base, insoluble in acid, surface roughly finished, differing from Rzehakina in having flat sides and in the absence of any wall thickening over the flat sides of the test; aperture a small rounded opening at the end of the final chamber, without a tooth. Cretaceous; North America; USSR. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]