Foraminifera taxon details
Calcisphaera Williamson, 1880 †
1055142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1055142)
accepted
Genus
Calcisphaera laevis Williamson, 1880 † (type by subsequent designation)
Granulosphaera Derville, 1931 † · unaccepted (Objective junior synonym)
- Species Calcisphaera canaliculata Derville, 1941 †
- Species Calcisphaera laevis Williamson, 1880 †
- Species Calcisphaera mundruchensis Reitlinger, 1959 †
- Species Calcisphaera plavskensis Reitlinger, 1957 †
- Species Calcisphaera polyderma Derville, 1941 †
- Species Calcisphaera rara Reitlinger, 1960 †
- Species Calcisphaera robusta Williamson, 1880 †
- Species Calcisphaera sol Williamson, 1880 †
- Species Calcisphaera spinosa Williamson, 1880 †
- Species Calcisphaera tjungensis Reitlinger, 1959 †
- Species Calcisphaera transporanta Reitlinger, 1960 †
- Species Calcisphaera cancellata Williamson, 1880 † accepted as Palaeocancellus cancellatus (Williamson, 1880) † (Type species of Palaeocancellus)
- Species Calcisphaera fimbriata Williamson, 1880 † accepted as Tubesphaera fimbriata (Williamson, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard (1994) [Tubesphaera?])
- Species Calcisphaera hexagonata Williamson, 1880 † accepted as Tubesphaera hexagonata (Williamson, 1880) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard (1994) [Tubesphaera?])
marine
fossil only
feminine
Williamson, W. C. (1880). On the Organization of the Fossil Plants of the Coal-Measures. Part X. Including an Examination of the Supposed Radiolarians of the Carboniferous Rocks. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 171(0): 493-539., available online at https://archive.org/details/philtrans04248024
page(s): p. 520 [details]
page(s): p. 520 [details]
Foraminifera (2025). Calcisphaera Williamson, 1880 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1055142 on 2025-05-22
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Williamson, W. C. (1880). On the Organization of the Fossil Plants of the Coal-Measures. Part X. Including an Examination of the Supposed Radiolarians of the Carboniferous Rocks. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 171(0): 493-539., available online at https://archive.org/details/philtrans04248024
page(s): p. 520 [details]
original description (of Granulosphaera Derville, 1931 †) Derville, H. (1931). Les Marbres du Calcaire Carbonifère en Bas-Boulonnais. <em>Ed. O. Boehm, Strasbourg.</em> 1-324.
page(s): p. 123 [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Miller, S. A. (1889). North American Geology and Palaeontology for the use of Amateurs, Students and Scientists. <em>Western Methodist Book Concern. Cincinnati.</em> 1-664., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22014305
page(s): p. 155; note: Type species: C. robusta (a Trochiliscus species, misindentification already noticed by Dawson in 1883). Dawson, J. W., Can. Nat., 2nd ser., Vol. X, 1883, pp. 5-8. Figure 3. [details]
subsequent type designation Andrews, H.N., Jr. (1955). Index of generic names of fossil plants, 1820-1950. <em>United States Geological Survey, Bulletin.</em> 1013: 1-262., available online at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1013
page(s): p. 123; note: Type species : C. laevis (see ICZN art. 70.3) [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Vachard, D. (1977). Etude stratigraphique et micropaléontologique (Algues et Foraminifères) du Viséen de la Montagne Noire (Hérault, France). <em>Mémoires de l'Institut géologique de l'Université de Louvain.</em> 29: 111–195.
page(s): pp. 162-163; note: Type species: C. cancellata which is a Palaeocancellus [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 520 [details]
original description (of Granulosphaera Derville, 1931 †) Derville, H. (1931). Les Marbres du Calcaire Carbonifère en Bas-Boulonnais. <em>Ed. O. Boehm, Strasbourg.</em> 1-324.
page(s): p. 123 [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Miller, S. A. (1889). North American Geology and Palaeontology for the use of Amateurs, Students and Scientists. <em>Western Methodist Book Concern. Cincinnati.</em> 1-664., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22014305
page(s): p. 155; note: Type species: C. robusta (a Trochiliscus species, misindentification already noticed by Dawson in 1883). Dawson, J. W., Can. Nat., 2nd ser., Vol. X, 1883, pp. 5-8. Figure 3. [details]
subsequent type designation Andrews, H.N., Jr. (1955). Index of generic names of fossil plants, 1820-1950. <em>United States Geological Survey, Bulletin.</em> 1013: 1-262., available online at https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b1013
page(s): p. 123; note: Type species : C. laevis (see ICZN art. 70.3) [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Vachard, D. (1977). Etude stratigraphique et micropaléontologique (Algues et Foraminifères) du Viséen de la Montagne Noire (Hérault, France). <em>Mémoires de l'Institut géologique de l'Université de Louvain.</em> 29: 111–195.
page(s): pp. 162-163; note: Type species: C. cancellata which is a Palaeocancellus [details] Available for editors
[request]