WoRMS taxon details
Glaphyrammina Loeblich & Tappan, 1984
415420 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415420)
accepted
Genus
Ammobaculites americanus Cushman, 1910 accepted as Glaphyrammina americana (Cushman, 1910) (type by original designation)
- Species Glaphyrammina americana (Cushman, 1910)
- Species Glaphyrammina americanus (Cushman, 1910) accepted as Glaphyrammina americana (Cushman, 1910)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
page(s): p. 1161 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 1161 [details] Available for editors
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Glaphyrammina Loeblich & Tappan, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415420 on 2026-01-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
page(s): p. 1161 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 1161 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 [request]
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Diagnosis Test free, broad and flattened, early portion planispirally enrolled and partially to completely evolute, sutures radial to oblique and curving back at the periphery, later portion uncoiled and may have a few rectilinear chambers with straight and horizontal sutures, sutures merely represent external indication of periodic growth, as interior is hollow and undivided by septa, but possibly has organic partitions in life as does Ammoscalaria; wall coarsely agglutinated, surface roughened; aperture an elongate narrow opening, extending the breadth of the chamber, not produced. ?Pleistocene: India; Holocene: S. Atlantic at 3,800 m; N. Pacific from 1,544 m; S. Pacific at 80 m to 2,750 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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Image from typetaxon
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