Foraminifera taxon details
Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 †
720944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:720944)
accepted
Family
Cassigerinella Pokorný, 1955 † (type by original designation)
- Genus Cassigerinella Pokorný, 1955 †
- Genus Praetenuitella Li, 1987 † accepted as Tenuitella Fleisher, 1974 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Pearson et al. (2018))
- Genus Riveroinella Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1967 † accepted as Cassigerinella Pokorný, 1955 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Saito and Biscaye, 1967)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Bolli, H. M.; Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae and Globotruncanidae. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 3-50., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70794#/summary
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [details]
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [details]
Diagnosis Test planispiral in early stage, later enrolled biserial; primary aperture interiomarginal, equatorial in planispiral...
Diagnosis Test planispiral in early stage, later enrolled biserial; primary aperture interiomarginal, equatorial in planispiral stage, extraumbilical and alternating from side to side in later biserial stage. U. Eocene to L. Miocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 †. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720944 on 2025-05-23
Date
action
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original description
Bolli, H. M.; Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae and Globotruncanidae. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 3-50., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70794#/summary
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [details]
basis of record 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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additional source Pearson, P.N., Spezzaferi, S., Huber, B.T., Kucera, M. (2018). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Oligocene Cassigerinella. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication.</em> 46: 481-494. [details]
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [details]
basis of record 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
[request]additional source Pearson, P.N., Spezzaferi, S., Huber, B.T., Kucera, M. (2018). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Oligocene Cassigerinella. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication.</em> 46: 481-494. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test planispiral in early stage, later enrolled biserial; primary aperture interiomarginal, equatorial in planispiral stage, extraumbilical and alternating from side to side in later biserial stage. U. Eocene to L. Miocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
