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Mississippina Howe, 1930

112170  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112170)

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Genus
Mississippina monsouri Howe, 1930 † (type by original designation)

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Howe, H. V. (1930). Distinctive new species of foraminifera from the Oligocene of Mississippi. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 4: 327-331.
page(s): p. 329 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Mississippina Howe, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112170 on 2024-10-28
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
2013-03-08 15:12:32Z
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2014-05-10 08:38:10Z
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2019-10-29 17:59:35Z
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original description Howe, H. V. (1930). Distinctive new species of foraminifera from the Oligocene of Mississippi. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 4: 327-331.
page(s): p. 329 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Hansson, H. G. (1991-1997). South Scandinavian Marine Protoctista. , available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Protista.pdf [details] 

additional 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] 

additional source 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  PDF available [request]
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Diagnosis Test with very low trochospiral to nearly planispiral coiling, biconvex, umbo of thickened shell material on the spiral side, the flatter umbilical side partially evolute, sutures nearly radial, slightly curved, depressed, periphery subacute; wall calcareous, finely perforate throughout with a darker and opaque band just below the peripheral keel on both sides; aperture a narrow interiomarginal slit beginning with an equatorial arch and extending onto the umbilical side along the entire base of the chamber, curving up at the preceding suture, partially covered by a large umbilical flap, flaps of earlier chambers remaining distinct for much of the final whorl before becoming obscured by later shell deposition. L. Oligocene to Holocene; North America; Pacific; Atlantic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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