Foraminifera taxon details
Sporadogenerina Cushman, 1927
520868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520868)
accepted
Genus
Sporadogenerina flintii Cushman, 1927 accepted as Ramulina proteiformis Flint, 1899 accepted as Sporadogenerina proteiformis (Flint, 1899) (type by original designation)
- Species Sporadogenerina proteiformis (Flint, 1899)
- Species Sporadogenerina flintii Cushman, 1927 accepted as Ramulina proteiformis Flint, 1899 accepted as Sporadogenerina proteiformis (Flint, 1899)
- Species Sporadogenerina flintii Cushman Em. Cushman & Todd, 1943 accepted as Sporadogenerina flintii Cushman, 1927 accepted as Ramulina proteiformis Flint, 1899 accepted as Sporadogenerina proteiformis (Flint, 1899)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://business.cushmanfoundation.org/ap/CloudFile/Download/P7DeWv4L
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Diagnosis Test elongate, early stage with inflated but poorly defined chambers of irregular shape and arrangement, later becoming...
Diagnosis Test elongate, early stage with inflated but poorly defined chambers of irregular shape and arrangement, later becoming rectilinear or branching, sutures obscure; wall calcareous, perforate, radial in structure, surface smooth; aperture terminal, radiate in the early stage, later with multiple irregularly placed radiate apertures. Holocene; Gulf of Mexico; Atlantic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sporadogenerina Cushman, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520868 on 2026-08-10
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original description
Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://business.cushmanfoundation.org/ap/CloudFile/Download/P7DeWv4L
page(s): p. 71 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cushman, J.A.; Todd, R. (1943). Relationships of the genus Sporadogenerina. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 19 (4): 93-95., available online at https://www.cushmanfoundation.org/archival-publications/ [details]
additional source Frizzell, D.L. 1950.The genotype and systematic position of Sporadogenerina Cushman Foraminifera, Polymorphinidae. in Hatch, M.H. (ed) Studies honouring Trevor Kincaid. University of Washington Press, Seattle: 41-43. [details]
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. 71 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cushman, J.A.; Todd, R. (1943). Relationships of the genus Sporadogenerina. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 19 (4): 93-95., available online at https://www.cushmanfoundation.org/archival-publications/ [details]
additional source Frizzell, D.L. 1950.The genotype and systematic position of Sporadogenerina Cushman Foraminifera, Polymorphinidae. in Hatch, M.H. (ed) Studies honouring Trevor Kincaid. University of Washington Press, Seattle: 41-43. [details]
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 elongate, early stage with inflated but poorly defined chambers of irregular shape and arrangement, later becoming rectilinear or branching, sutures obscure; wall calcareous, perforate, radial in structure, surface smooth; aperture terminal, radiate in the early stage, later with multiple irregularly placed radiate apertures. Holocene; Gulf of Mexico; Atlantic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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