Foraminifera taxon details
Plummerita Brönnimann, 1952 †
721420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721420)
accepted
Genus
Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) hantkeninoides subsp. hantkeninoides Brönnimann, 1952 † accepted as Plummerita hantkeninoides (Brönnimann, 1952) † (type by original designation)
Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) Brönnimann, 1952 † · unaccepted (junior homonym of Plummerella...)
junior homonym of Plummerella DeLong, 1942 a genus of Hemiptera
Rugoglobigerina (Plummerita) Brönnimann, 1952 † · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Plummerita haggagae Anan, 2008 †
- Species Plummerita hantkeninoides (Brönnimann, 1952) †
- Species Plummerita kennerleyi Whittaker, 1980 †
- Species Plummerita reicheli (Brönnimann, 1952) †
- Subgenus Plummerita (Radotruncana) El-Naggar, 1971 † accepted as Radotruncana El-Naggar, 1971 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Rugoglobigerina (Plummerita) Brönnimann, 1952 †) Brönnimann, P. (1952). Plummerita new name for Plummerella Brönnimann, (not Plummerella De Long, 1942). <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 33: 146.
page(s): p. 146 [details]
page(s): p. 146 [details]
Diagnosis Test with inflated triangular chambers in a low to flat trochospire, those of the final whorl radially elongate and ending...
Diagnosis Test with inflated triangular chambers in a low to flat trochospire, those of the final whorl radially elongate and ending in a tubulospine, sutures radial, depressed, umbilicus small, periphery rounded to compressed between tubulospines, peripheral outline strongly lobate and stellate; wall calcareous, perforate, surface with rugosities and costellae in meridional alignment; primary aperture interiomarginal, umbilical, provided with tegilla, and having both proximal and distal accessory apertures. U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Plummerita Brönnimann, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721420 on 2025-05-22
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(of Rugoglobigerina (Plummerita) Brönnimann, 1952 †) Brönnimann, P. (1952). Plummerita new name for Plummerella Brönnimann, (not Plummerella De Long, 1942). <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 33: 146.
page(s): p. 146 [details]
original description (of Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) Brönnimann, 1952 †) Brönnimann, P. T. (1952). Globigerinidae from the upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maestrichtian) of Trinidad,, B.W.I. <em>Bulletin of American paleontology.</em> 34: 5-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10672574
page(s): p. 37 [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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page(s): p. 146 [details]
original description (of Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) Brönnimann, 1952 †) Brönnimann, P. T. (1952). Globigerinidae from the upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Maestrichtian) of Trinidad,, B.W.I. <em>Bulletin of American paleontology.</em> 34: 5-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10672574
page(s): p. 37 [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

From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test with inflated triangular chambers in a low to flat trochospire, those of the final whorl radially elongate and ending in a tubulospine, sutures radial, depressed, umbilicus small, periphery rounded to compressed between tubulospines, peripheral outline strongly lobate and stellate; wall calcareous, perforate, surface with rugosities and costellae in meridional alignment; primary aperture interiomarginal, umbilical, provided with tegilla, and having both proximal and distal accessory apertures. U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
To Mikrotax (Plummerita Brönnimann 1952)
To Mikrotax (Plummerita Brönnimann 1952)
To Mikrotax (Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) Brönnimann 1952) (from synonym Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) Brönnimann, 1952 †)
To Mikrotax (Plummerita Brönnimann 1952)
To Mikrotax (Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) Brönnimann 1952) (from synonym Rugoglobigerina (Plummerella) Brönnimann, 1952 †)
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Hosted externally, from synonym