WoRMS taxon details
Proemassilina Lacroix, 1938
415862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415862)
accepted
Genus
Massilina rugosa Sidebottom, 1904 accepted as Proemassilina rugosa (Sidebottom, 1904) (type by original designation)
- Species Proemassilina rugosa (Sidebottom, 1904)
- Species Proemassilina arenaria (Brady, 1884) accepted as Sigmoilopsis arenaria (Brady, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Łuczkowska (1974), Łuczkowska in Jones (1994))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacroix, E. (1938). Révision du genre Massilina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 754: 1-11.
page(s): p. 3 [details]
page(s): p. 3 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Proemassilina Lacroix, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415862 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacroix, E. (1938). Révision du genre Massilina. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 754: 1-11.
page(s): p. 3 [details]
page(s): p. 3 [details]
Other
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 
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Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, slightly flattened, periphery broadly rounded, early chambers quinqueloculine, later added in a single plane on alternate sides as in Spiroloculina; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, rugose surface due to longitudinal striations; aperture terminal, ovate, with an elongate and terminally bifid tooth. Holocene; Mediterranean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
