Foraminifera taxon details
Triticites ventricosus (Meek & Hayden, 1859) †
926124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:926124)
accepted
Species
Fusulina ventricosa Meek & Hayden, 1859 † · unaccepted
Triticites rothi Skinner, 1931 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Thompson (1954))
- Variety Triticites ventricosus var. inflatus Galloway & Ryniker ms., 1932 †
- Variety Triticites ventricosus var. sacramentoensis Needham, 1937 †
- Variety Triticites ventricosus var. medialis (Staff, 1912) † accepted as Darvasites medialis (Staff, 1912) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Fusulina cylindrica var. ventricosa Meek & Hayden, 1859 †) Meek, F. B.; Hayden, F. V. (1859). Remarks on the Lower Cretaceous beds of Kansas and Nebraska, together with descriptions of some new species of Carboniferous fossils from the valley of Kansas River. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 256-264 [for 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535849
page(s): p. 261.; note: Kansas. Upper Carboniferous. [details]
page(s): p. 261.; note: Kansas. Upper Carboniferous. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Triticites ventricosus (Meek & Hayden, 1859) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=926124 on 2026-09-02
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(of Fusulina cylindrica var. ventricosa Meek & Hayden, 1859 †) Meek, F. B.; Hayden, F. V. (1859). Remarks on the Lower Cretaceous beds of Kansas and Nebraska, together with descriptions of some new species of Carboniferous fossils from the valley of Kansas River. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 10: 256-264 [for 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47535849
page(s): p. 261.; note: Kansas. Upper Carboniferous. [details]
original description (of Triticites rothi Skinner, 1931 †) Skinner, J. W. (1931). New Permo-Pennsylvanian Fusulinidae from northern Oklahoma. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 5(1): 16-22.
page(s): p. 19, pl. 3, figs. 1-3 (lectotype designated by Thompson (1954, p. 40), fig. 3). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
redescription Thompson, M. L. (1954). American Wolfcampian fusulinids. <em>The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions: Protozoa.</em> 5(14): 1-226., available online at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/3789
page(s): p. 40, pl.14, figs. 1-9 (lectotype fig. 5).; note: Lectotype designation. [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): p. 261.; note: Kansas. Upper Carboniferous. [details]
original description (of Triticites rothi Skinner, 1931 †) Skinner, J. W. (1931). New Permo-Pennsylvanian Fusulinidae from northern Oklahoma. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 5(1): 16-22.
page(s): p. 19, pl. 3, figs. 1-3 (lectotype designated by Thompson (1954, p. 40), fig. 3). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
redescription Thompson, M. L. (1954). American Wolfcampian fusulinids. <em>The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions: Protozoa.</em> 5(14): 1-226., available online at https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/3789
page(s): p. 40, pl.14, figs. 1-9 (lectotype fig. 5).; note: Lectotype designation. [details] Available for editors