WoRMS taxon details
Inaequalina Łuczkowska, 1971
465879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465879)
accepted
Genus
Spiroloculina inaequilateralis Schlumberger, 1893 accepted as Inaequalina inaequilateralis (Schlumberger, 1893) (type by original designation)
Heterospiroloculina McCulloch, 1977 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym in...)
subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
- Species Inaequalina advena (Cushman, 1921)
- Species Inaequalina affixa (Terquem, 1878)
- Species Inaequalina bikiniensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Inaequalina culebraensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Inaequalina disparilis (Terquem, 1878)
- Species Inaequalina inaequilateralis (Schlumberger, 1893)
- Species Inaequalina acutimargo (Brady, 1884) accepted as Spirophthalmidium acutimargo (Brady, 1884)
- Species Inaequalina tenuimargo (Cushman, 1917) accepted as Spiroloculina tenuimargo Cushman, 1917
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Łuczkowska, E. (1971). Inaequalina n. gen. (Foraminiferida, Miliolina) and its Stratigraphic distribution. Nowy rodzaj Inaequalina (Foraminiferida, Miliolina) i jego zasięg stratygraficzny. <em>Rocznik Polskiego Towarzystwa Geologicznego.</em> (1970) 40:439-443., available online at https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/11947
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Inaequalina Luczkowska, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465879 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Łuczkowska, E. (1971). Inaequalina n. gen. (Foraminiferida, Miliolina) and its Stratigraphic distribution. Nowy rodzaj Inaequalina (Foraminiferida, Miliolina) i jego zasięg stratygraficzny. <em>Rocznik Polskiego Towarzystwa Geologicznego.</em> (1970) 40:439-443., available online at https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/11947
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original description (of Heterospiroloculina McCulloch, 1977) 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
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original description (of Heterospiroloculina McCulloch, 1977) 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
page(s): p. 549 [details] Available for editors

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 planoconvex to concavoconvex, ovate in outline, globular to ovate proloculus followed by spirally wound second chamber of one complete whorl, later chambers one-half coil in length, regularly added on aliternate sides, in two planes of coiling, 140¡ to 170¡ apart, so that one side of the test is flattened to concave and the opposite side convex, proloculus and all chambers visible from both sides, chambers quadrangular in section, closely appressed, somewhat produced toward the aperture; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, surface smooth or the angles of the test may be carinate; aperture at the somewhat produced end of the final chamber, slitlike to rounded, without a tooth. Miocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]