Foraminifera taxon details
Globigerininae Carpenter et al., 1862
721000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721000)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Alicantina Soldan, Petrizzo & Premoli Silva, 2018 †
- Genus Beella Banner & Blow, 1960
- Genus Ciperoella Olsson & Hemleben, 2018 in Olsson et al., 2018 †
- Genus Globigerina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Globigerinella Cushman, 1927
- Genus Globigerinoides Cushman, 1927
- Genus Globigerinoidesella El-Naggar, 1971 †
- Genus Globigerinoita Brönnimann, 1952 †
- Genus Globospina Popescu & Crihan, 2011 †
- Genus Globoturborotalita Hofker, 1976
- Genus Sphaeroidinella Cushman, 1927
- Genus Sphaeroidinellopsis Banner & Blow, 1959 †
- Genus Trilobatus Spezzaferri, Kucera, Pearson, Wade, Rappo, Poole, Morard & Stalder, 2015
- Genus Turborotalita Blow & Banner, 1962
- Genus Alloglobigerinoides Huang, 1986 accepted as Globigerinoides Cushman, 1927 (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
- Genus Bolliella Banner & Blow, 1959 accepted as Globigerinella Cushman, 1927
- Genus Caucasella Longoria, 1974 † accepted as Lacroixella Haman, 1991 † accepted as Favusella Michael, 1973 † (Replacement name as Junior homonym of Caucasella Moisseev, 1934)
- Genus Globigerinanus Ouda, 1978 † accepted as Globigerinoides Cushman, 1927 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Spezzaferri et al. (2018))
- Genus Globoturborotalia † accepted as Globoturborotalita Hofker, 1976 (Erroneous spelling)
- Genus Lacroixella Haman, 1991 † accepted as Favusella Michael, 1973 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Mikrotax)
- Genus Polskanella Fuchs, 1973 † accepted as Globuligerina Bignot & Guyader, 1971 † (Objective junior synonym, Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Prosphaeroidinella Ujiié, 1976 † accepted as Sphaeroidinellopsis Banner & Blow, 1959 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Mikrotax http://mikrotax.org/pforams/)
- Genus Pylodexia Ehrenberg, 1858 † accepted as Globigerina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Rhynchospira Ehrenberg, 1845 accepted as Globigerina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Towella Brönnimann & Whittaker, 1991 accepted as Turborotalita Blow & Banner, 1962 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Mikrotax http://mikrotax.org/pforams/)
- Genus Trilobigerina Popescu, 1987 † accepted as Trilobatus Spezzaferri, Kucera, Pearson, Wade, Rappo, Poole, Morard & Stalder, 2015 (Objective senior synonym [ICZN pending: Case 3837– Trilobatus Spezzaferri, Kucera, Pearson, Wade, Rappo, Poole, Morard, and Stalder, 2015 (Foraminifera, Globigerinidae): proposed precedence over Trilobigerina Popescu, 1987] prevailing usage maintained)
- Genus Turborotalida accepted as Turborotalita Blow & Banner, 1962 (lapsus calami)
- Genus Woletzina Fuchs, 1973 † accepted as Conoglobigerina Morozova, 1961 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine
recent + fossil
Carpenter, W. B.; Parker, W. K.; Jones, J. R. (1862). Introduction to the Study of the Foraminifera. 319 pp. The Ray Society, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37432 [details] 
Diagnosis As for the family, with test trochospiral throughout. U. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera...
Diagnosis As for the family, with test trochospiral throughout. U. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Globigerininae Carpenter et al., 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721000 on 2025-05-10
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Carpenter, W. B.; Parker, W. K.; Jones, J. R. (1862). Introduction to the Study of the Foraminifera. 319 pp. The Ray Society, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37432 [details]
basis of record 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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basis of record 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
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Diagnosis As for the family, with test trochospiral throughout. U. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
