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Foraminifera taxon detailsArenosiphon Grubbs, 1939 †
 737394 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737394)
accepted
Genus
Arenosiphon gigantea Grubbs, 1939 † accepted as Arenosiphon giganteus Grubbs, 1939 † (type by original designation)
marine,
fossil only
masculine
Grubbs, D. M. (1939). Fauna of the Niagaran nodules of the Chicago area. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 13(6): 543-560.
page(s): p. 544; note: Type species given with a feminine epithet but "siphon" is masculine in Greek. See ICZN 30.1.2. [details] Available for editors  [request]
Diagnosis Test free, tubular, elongate, tapering, up to 14 mm in length and 1.0 mm in diameter, straight to slightly curved; wall of...
Diagnosis Test free, tubular, elongate, tapering, up to 14 mm in length and 1.0 mm in diameter, straight to slightly curved; wall of agglutinated medium to fine quartz grains, firmly cemented, surface roughly finished. U. Ordovician (Caradocian); glacial pebble, Baltic area; M. Silurian: USA: Illinois. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details] Grammatical gender The ICZN specifies: "30.1.2. a genus-group name that is or ends in a Greek word transliterated into Latin without other...
Grammatical gender The ICZN specifies: "30.1.2. a genus-group name that is or ends in a Greek word transliterated into Latin without other changes takes the gender given for that word in standard Greek dictionaries." σίφων is masculine in ancient Greek, the genus is masculine. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Arenosiphon Grubbs, 1939 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737394 on 2025-05-21
Date action by
original description
Grubbs, D. M. (1939). Fauna of the Niagaran nodules of the Chicago area. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 13(6): 543-560.
page(s): p. 544; note: Type species given with a feminine epithet but "siphon" is masculine in Greek. See ICZN 30.1.2. [details] Available for editors [request]From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, tubular, elongate, tapering, up to 14 mm in length and 1.0 mm in diameter, straight to slightly curved; wall of agglutinated medium to fine quartz grains, firmly cemented, surface roughly finished. U. Ordovician (Caradocian); glacial pebble, Baltic area; M. Silurian: USA: Illinois. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Grammatical gender The ICZN specifies: "30.1.2. a genus-group name that is or ends in a Greek word transliterated into Latin without other changes takes the gender given for that word in standard Greek dictionaries." σίφων is masculine in ancient Greek, the genus is masculine. [details] |
