WoRMS taxon details
Siphoscutula Loeblich & Tappan, 1985
739478 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:739478)
accepted
Genus
Siphoscutula leroyi Loeblich & Tappan, 1985 (type by original designation)
- Species Siphoscutula foliosa (Zheng, 1988)
- Species Siphoscutula leroyi Loeblich & Tappan, 1985
- Species Siphoscutula miocenica (Cushman & Todd, 1945)
- Species Siphoscutula crispata (Brady, 1884) accepted as Tortoplectella crispata (Brady, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Siphoscutula mestayerae (Vella, 1957) accepted as Siphotextularia mestayerae Vella, 1957
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1985). Some new and redefined genera and families of agglutinated foraminifera; II. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 15(3): 175-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.15.3.175
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Siphoscutula Loeblich & Tappan, 1985. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=739478 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1985). Some new and redefined genera and families of agglutinated foraminifera; II. <em>The Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 15(3): 175-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.15.3.175
page(s): p. 206 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 206 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test biserial throughout, diamond shaped in section, with angular lateral margins and medially inflated broad surfaces, chambers increasing rapidly in size as added, producing a flaring test, the final pair of chambers comprising nearly half the test length; wall finely agglutinated; aperture a small, slightly produced ovate opening just above the base of the apertural face. Miocene; Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands; New Zealand. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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