Foraminifera taxon details
Spiroplecta Ehrenberg, 1844 †
565664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:565664)
accepted
Genus
Spiroplecta americana Ehrenberg, 1844 † (type by monotypy)
Paraspiroplecta Georgescu & Abramovich, 2008 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Mikrotax
Tesseraella Aliyulla, 1977 † · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Spiroplecta abyssorum Ehrenberg, 1872 †
- Species Spiroplecta americana Ehrenberg, 1844 †
- Species Spiroplecta capensis Ehrenberg, 1872 †
- Species Spiroplecta clarki Bagg, 1895 †
- Species Spiroplecta deflata Chapman, 1916 †
- Species Spiroplecta demersa Ehrenberg, 1872 †
- Species Spiroplecta gracilis Egger, 1900 †
- Species Spiroplecta nana Ehrenberg, 1861 †
- Species Spiroplecta profundissima Ehrenberg, 1872 †
- Species Spiroplecta robusta Egger, 1900 †
- Species Spiroplecta turona Olbertz, 1942 †
- Subgenus Spiroplecta (Proroporus) Franke, 1925 † accepted as Spiroplectina Schubert, 1902 †
- Species Spiroplecta (Proroporus) jaekeli Franke, 1925 † accepted as Spiroplectina jaekeli (Franke, 1925) † (Type species of Spiroplectina Schubert,1902 not Cushman, 1927)
- Subgenus Spiroplecta (Textularia) Spandel, 1909 accepted as Textularia Defrance, 1824 (Nom. trans.)
- Species Spiroplecta anceps (Reuss, 1845) † accepted as Spiroplectammina anceps (Reuss, 1845) † (Opinion of Cushman (1932))
- Species Spiroplecta annectens (Parker & Jones, 1863) † accepted as Spiroplectinata annectens (Parker & Jones, 1863) †
- Species Spiroplecta biformis (Parker & Jones, 1865) accepted as Spiroplectammina biformis (Parker & Jones, 1865)
- Species Spiroplecta brevis Grzybowski, 1898 † accepted as Spiroplectammina spectabilis (Grzybowski, 1898), emend. Kaminski, 1984 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kaminski and Gradstein (http://nhm2.uio.no/norges/atlas/index.htm))
- Species Spiroplecta bulbosa Cushman, 1911 accepted as Duquepsammia bulbosa (Cushman, 1911) (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1994))
- Species Spiroplecta carinata (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Spirorutilus carinatus (d'Orbigny, 1846) (Type species of Spirorutilus)
- Species Spiroplecta clarae Georgescu, 2013 † accepted as Spiroplecta americana Ehrenberg, 1844 † (Unnecessary new replacement name)
- Species Spiroplecta clotho Grzybowski, 1901 † accepted as Spiroplectammina spectabilis (Grzybowski, 1898), emend. Kaminski, 1984 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kaminski and Gradstein (http://nhm2.uio.no/norges/atlas/index.htm))
- Species Spiroplecta complanata (Reuss, 1860) † accepted as Spiroplectinata complanata (Reuss, 1860) †
- Species Spiroplecta costidorsata Grzybowski, 1898 † accepted as Spiroplectammina spectabilis (Grzybowski, 1898), emend. Kaminski, 1984 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kaminski and Gradstein (http://nhm2.uio.no/norges/atlas/index.htm))
- Species Spiroplecta deflexa Grzybowski, 1896 † accepted as Plectina lenis (Grzybowski, 1896) † accepted as Gerochammina lenis (Grzybowski, 1896) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Liszka and Liszkowa (1981), Neagu (1990))
- Species Spiroplecta deperdita (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Spiroplectammina deperdita (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Spiroplecta foliacea Grzybowski, 1898 † accepted as Spiroplectammina spectabilis (Grzybowski, 1898), emend. Kaminski, 1984 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kaminski and Gradstein (http://nhm2.uio.no/norges/atlas/index.htm))
- Species Spiroplecta lenis Grzybowski, 1896 † accepted as Plectina lenis (Grzybowski, 1896) † accepted as Gerochammina lenis (Grzybowski, 1896) † (Opinion of Liszka and Liszkowa (1981), Gawor-Biedowa (1992))
- Species Spiroplecta morgani Chapman, 1926 † accepted as Haeuslerella morgani (Chapman, 1926) †
- Species Spiroplecta rosula Ehrenberg, 1854 † accepted as Spiroplectoides rosula (Ehrenberg, 1854) † (Type species of Spiroplectoides)
- Species Spiroplecta sagittula (Defrance, 1824) accepted as Textularia sagittula Defrance, 1824 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spiroplecta spectabilis Grzybowski, 1898 † accepted as Bolivinopsis spectabilis (Grzybowski, 1898) † accepted as Spiroplectammina spectabilis (Grzybowski, 1898), emend. Kaminski, 1984 †
- Species Spiroplecta wrighti Silvestri, 1903 accepted as Spiroplectinella wrighti (Silvestri, 1903) (Type species of Spiroplectinella)
- Species Spiroplecta wrightii Silvestri, 1903 accepted as Spiroplectammina wrighti (Silvestri, 1903) accepted as Spiroplectinella wrighti (Silvestri, 1903) (Incorrect subsequent spelling also found in Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Species Spiroplecta fusca Earland, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Described from Recent while Spiroplecta is a fossil genus (S. fusca is said to be "sub-arenaceous" by Earland (1905) while Spiroplecta is calcareous. Poor drawings, depository not given.)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1844). Mittheilung über 2 neue Lager von Gebirgsmassen aus Infusorien als Meeres-Absatz in Nord-Amerika und eine Vergleichung derselben mit den organischen Kreide-Gebilden in Europa und Afrika. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1844: 57-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11052757
page(s): p. 75 [details]
page(s): p. 75 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Spiroplecta Ehrenberg, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565664 on 2024-04-24
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1844). Mittheilung über 2 neue Lager von Gebirgsmassen aus Infusorien als Meeres-Absatz in Nord-Amerika und eine Vergleichung derselben mit den organischen Kreide-Gebilden in Europa und Afrika. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1844: 57-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11052757
page(s): p. 75 [details]
original description (of Tesseraella Aliyulla, 1977 †) Aliyulla, Kh. (1977). Верхний мел и развитие фораминифер Малого Кавказа (Азербайджан) - Upper Cretaceous and development of foraminifera of the Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaijan). <em>Баку - Baku.</em> 1-237., available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/13422
page(s): p. 204 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Paraspiroplecta Georgescu & Abramovich, 2008 †) Georgescu, M. D.; Abramovich, S. (2008). Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic classification of the Late Cretaceous (Upper Santonian-Maastrichtian) serial planktonic foraminifera (Family Heterohelicidae Cushman, 1927) with peripheral test wall flexure. <em>Revista Española de Micropaleontología.</em> 40: 97-114., available online at https://www.igme.es/Publicaciones/revistaMicro/pdfs/Micropaleo40_1_2_2008.pdf [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. 75 [details]
original description (of Tesseraella Aliyulla, 1977 †) Aliyulla, Kh. (1977). Верхний мел и развитие фораминифер Малого Кавказа (Азербайджан) - Upper Cretaceous and development of foraminifera of the Lesser Caucasus (Azerbaijan). <em>Баку - Baku.</em> 1-237., available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/13422
page(s): p. 204 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Paraspiroplecta Georgescu & Abramovich, 2008 †) Georgescu, M. D.; Abramovich, S. (2008). Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic classification of the Late Cretaceous (Upper Santonian-Maastrichtian) serial planktonic foraminifera (Family Heterohelicidae Cushman, 1927) with peripheral test wall flexure. <em>Revista Española de Micropaleontología.</em> 40: 97-114., available online at https://www.igme.es/Publicaciones/revistaMicro/pdfs/Micropaleo40_1_2_2008.pdf [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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test with early chambers in a planispiral coil, at least in the microspheric stage, later biserial, chambers globular and inflated, sutures depressed; wall calcareous, perforate, commonly ornamented with fine longitudinal striae; aperture a symmetrical arch at the base of the final chamber. L. Cretaceous (Aptian) to Paleocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]