Foraminifera name details

Spiroplectammina zigzag Petters, 1954 †

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925438  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:925438)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Globothalamea (Class)
  7. Textulariana (Subclass)
  8. Lituolida (Order)
  9. Spiroplectamminina (Suborder)
  10. Spiroplectamminoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Spiroplectamminidae (Family)
  12. Spiroplectammininae (Subfamily)
  13. Spiroplectammina (Genus)
  14. Spiroplectammina zigzag † (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Seiglie and Baker (1987))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Petters, S. W. (1954). Tertiary and upper Cretaceous foraminifera from Colombia, South America. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 5(1): 37-41., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/05ccffr1.pdf
note: Lower Oligocene. Columbia. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Spiroplectammina zigzag Petters, 1954 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=925438 on 2025-09-18
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2016-12-23 07:02:07Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
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Le Coze, François

original description Petters, S. W. (1954). Tertiary and upper Cretaceous foraminifera from Colombia, South America. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 5(1): 37-41., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/05ccffr1.pdf
note: Lower Oligocene. Columbia. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details] 

source of synonymy Seiglie, G. A.; Baker, M. B. (1987). Duquepsammiidae, a New Family, and Duquepsammia, a New Genus of Agglutinated Foraminifers. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 33(3): 263-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485642 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
To AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection 
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Spiroplectammina zigzag USNM CC 64569 holotype) 
From editor or global species database

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