Foraminifera taxon details
Sphaerammina Cushman, 1910
710999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710999)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerammina ovalis Cushman, 1910 (type by original designation)
- Species Sphaerammina ovalis Cushman, 1910
- Species Sphaerammina gerochi Hanzlíková, 1972 † accepted as Praesphaerammina gerochi (Hanzlíková, 1972) † (Opinion of Kaminski and Gradstein (http://nhm2.uio.no/norges/atlas/index.htm))
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. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Sphaerammina Cushman, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710999 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
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]
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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page(s): p. 439 [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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
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]
