WoRMS taxon details
Pyrgoella Cushman & White, 1936
112038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112038)
accepted
Genus
Biloculina sphaera d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Pyrgoella sphaera (d'Orbigny, 1839) (type by original designation)
- Species Pyrgoella earlandi Saidova, 1975
- Species Pyrgoella generalis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Pyrgoella irregularis (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgoella profunda Saidova, 1975
- Species Pyrgoella sphaera (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Pyrgoella sphaeroidina Saidova, 1975
- Species Pyrgoella tenuiaperta (Huang, 1970)
- Species Pyrgoella distincta McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nummulopyrgo toddae (Anderson, 1961) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Cushman, J. A.; White, E. M. (1936). Pyrgoella, a new genus of the Miliolidae. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 12(4): 90-91., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/12cclfr4.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Pyrgoella Cushman & White, 1936. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112038 on 2025-07-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J. A.; White, E. M. (1936). Pyrgoella, a new genus of the Miliolidae. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 12(4): 90-91., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/12cclfr4.pdf
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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): p. 90 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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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]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test subglobular, early stage with chambers one-half coil in length and pseudotriloculine in arrangement, later biloculine with successive chambers strongly overlapping the preceding ones; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture in the early stage with a large triangular tooth, in the adult the tooth is attached at both ends, dividing the V-shaped opening into two separate elongate openings, additional straight, sinuate, or V-shaped openings may also occur. Pleistocene to Holocene; S. Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico; USA: California. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
