WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerammina Cushman, 1910
710999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710999)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerammina ovalis Cushman, 1910 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Cushman, J.A. 1910. New arenaceous Foraminifera from the Philippines. Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus. 38: 437-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/36099#/summary
page(s): p. 439 [details]
page(s): p. 439 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sphaerammina Cushman, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710999 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J.A. 1910. New arenaceous Foraminifera from the Philippines. Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus. 38: 437-442., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/36099#/summary
page(s): p. 439 [details]
page(s): p. 439 [details]
Other
additional source
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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test large, up to 2 mm in length, planispirally enrolled, about four strongly overlapping chambers per whorl, with the final embracing chamber overlapping more than one-half the test; wall finely agglutinated; aperture areal, oval in outline, containing a simple to elongate projecting tooth. Holocene; Pacific: Philippine Islands, at 596 m to 1,400 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
