Foraminifera taxon details
Porticulasphaerinae Banner, 1982 †
721001 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721001)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Globigerinatheka Brönnimann, 1952 †
- Genus Porticulasphaera Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 † accepted as Globigerinatheka Brönnimann, 1952 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Mikrotax http://mikrotax.org/pforams/)
- Genus Inordinatosphaera Mohan & Soodan, 1967 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Opinion of Mikrotax)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Banner, F. T. (1982). A classification and introduction to the Globigerinacea, in F. T. Banner, and A. R. Lord, ed., Aspects of Micropalaeontology. <em>London: George Allen & Unwin.</em> 142-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6841-0_5 [details]
Diagnosis Early stage trochospiral, later with change in coiling direction or with enveloping final chamber; aperture in the early...
Diagnosis Early stage trochospiral, later with change in coiling direction or with enveloping final chamber; aperture in the early stage umbilical, sutural supplementary apertures absent in the trochospiral stage but may occur in the final enveloping stage, openings may be covered by bullae. M. to U. Eocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Porticulasphaerinae Banner, 1982 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721001 on 2025-05-23
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Banner, F. T. (1982). A classification and introduction to the Globigerinacea, in F. T. Banner, and A. R. Lord, ed., Aspects of Micropalaeontology. <em>London: George Allen & Unwin.</em> 142-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6841-0_5 [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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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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Diagnosis Early stage trochospiral, later with change in coiling direction or with enveloping final chamber; aperture in the early stage umbilical, sutural supplementary apertures absent in the trochospiral stage but may occur in the final enveloping stage, openings may be covered by bullae. M. to U. Eocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]