Foraminifera taxon details
Sorosphaerella Conkin, Conkin & Thurman, 1979 †
737327 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737327)
accepted
Genus
Sorosphaera cooperensis Conkin, Conkin & Canis, 1968 † accepted as Sorosphaerella cooperensis (Conkin, Conkin & Canis, 1968) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Conkin, J. E.; Conkin, B. M.; Thurman, E. D. (1979). Inauris and Sorosphaerella : new genera of Paleozoic agglutinate Foraminifera, and their stratigraphic significance. <em>University of Louisville studies in paleontology and stratigraphy.</em> 10: 12 p.
page(s): p. 6 [details]
page(s): p. 6 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Sorosphaerella Conkin, Conkin & Thurman, 1979 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737327 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
by
original description
Conkin, J. E.; Conkin, B. M.; Thurman, E. D. (1979). Inauris and Sorosphaerella : new genera of Paleozoic agglutinate Foraminifera, and their stratigraphic significance. <em>University of Louisville studies in paleontology and stratigraphy.</em> 10: 12 p.
page(s): p. 6 [details]
page(s): p. 6 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test attached to various objects, such as calcareous sponge spicules, or possibly algae, a single subglobular chamber or possibly two to four chambers although the appearance of septa may result from indentations of the attachment; wall agglutinated, of medium to coarse particles, with little cement; no aperture other than interstitial openings. U. Devonian to L. Carboniferous, L. Mississippian; USA: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Montana. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
