WoRMS taxon details
Massilinoides McCulloch, 1977
556146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:556146)
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Genus
Massilinoides hancocki McCulloch, 1977 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Massilinoides McCulloch, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556146 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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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]
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Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, slightly flattened, with truncate periphery, early chambers in quinqueloculine arrangement, later added in a single plane on alternate sides as in Spiroloculina; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, surface with longitudinal striae; aperture terminal, rounded, with a simple to bifid tooth that may attach at the sides to result in a multiple aperture. Holocene; Gulf of California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
