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WoRMS taxon detailsAmmotium Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
 112346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112346)
accepted
Genus
Lituola cassis Parker in Dawson, 1870 accepted as Ammotium cassis (Parker, 1870) (type by original designation)
Ammovaginulina Nakkady & Eissa, 1960 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
marine, brackish,
recent + fossil
neuter
Loeblich, A.R.; Tappan, H. (1953). Studies of Arctic foraminifera. <em>Smithsonian miscellaneous collections.</em> 121 (7):1–150., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27011009
page(s): p. 33 [details] Available for editors  [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ammotium Loeblich & Tappan, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112346 on 2025-07-14
Date action by 2006-09-05 08:30:55Z changed Martinez, Olga
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Loeblich, A.R.; Tappan, H. (1953). Studies of Arctic foraminifera. <em>Smithsonian miscellaneous collections.</em> 121 (7):1–150., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27011009 page(s): p. 33 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Ammovaginulina Nakkady & Eissa, 1960) Nakkady, S. E., and R. A. Eissa, 1960, Biostratigraphy and correlation of two Lower Cretaceous subsurface sections at Oyoun Mousa, Sinai, Journal of Geology of the United Arab Republic, Cairo 4(2): 1-18. page(s): p. 13 [details] basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details] Otheradditional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, compressed, ovate in outline, planispirally enrolled and evolute, with a tendency to uncoil, later chambers extending back toward the proloculus at the inner margin, microspheric proloculus completely surrounded by enrolled chambers, whereas the megalospheric proloculus is not overlapped by the last. chambers of the early coiled portion; wall coarsely agglutinated on an organic lining that also covers the septa, imperforate, and lacking calcareous cement; aperture simple, rounded, terminal, at the dorsal angle of the final chamber, may be temporarily sealed by a plug of debris. L. Cretaceous (Neocomian) to Holocene; Atlantic; Pacific; North America; Europe; Africa. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Grammatical gender Ammotium is from the Greek "ammos" meaning sand and "otion" diminutive of "ous" meaning ear (Loeblich and Tappan 1953, p. 33, footnote). "Otion" (ὠτίον) is neuter in Greek therefore the genus is neuter. ICZN Art. 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; [details] From editor or global species database
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