Foraminifera taxon details
Rugidia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928
465916 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465916)
accepted
Genus
Sphaeroidina cortica Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915 accepted as Rugidia corticata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915) (type by original designation)
- Species Rugidia corticata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915)
- Species Rugidia minuta Seiglie, 1965 †
- Species Rugidia simplex Collins, 1974
- Species Rugidia spinosa Cushman, 1954
- Species Rugidia cortica (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915) accepted as Rugidia corticata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915) (Subsequent incorrect spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
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Diagnosis Test small, reduced trochospiral, with four subglobular chambers arranged in opposed pairs, all visible externally, sutures...
Diagnosis Test small, reduced trochospiral, with four subglobular chambers arranged in opposed pairs, all visible externally, sutures depressed; periphery broadly rounded; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface pustulose and highly rugose; aperture consists of large pores between pairs of chambers on the umbilical side, separated by short pillarlike projections from the final chamber. Holocene; Indian Ocean: Mozambique. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Rugidia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465916 on 2025-12-30
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original description
Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 289 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): p. 289 [details] Available for editors
[request]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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Diagnosis Test small, reduced trochospiral, with four subglobular chambers arranged in opposed pairs, all visible externally, sutures depressed; periphery broadly rounded; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface pustulose and highly rugose; aperture consists of large pores between pairs of chambers on the umbilical side, separated by short pillarlike projections from the final chamber. Holocene; Indian Ocean: Mozambique. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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