Foraminifera taxon details
Planispirina Seguenza, 1880
478653 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:478653)
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Genus
Planispirina communis Seguenza, 1880 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Planispirina agglutinans Egger, 1900 †
- Species Planispirina alsatica Andreae, 1896 †
- Species Planispirina carinata Seguenza, 1880 †
- Species Planispirina cliarensis Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913
- Species Planispirina communis Seguenza, 1880
- Species Planispirina kissengenensis Applin & Jordan, 1945 †
- Species Planispirina mornhinvegi Cushman, 1935 †
- Species Planispirina obscura Chapman, 1894 †
- Species Planispirina schlumbergeri Sidebottom, 1904
- Species Planispirina antarctica Chapman, 1909 accepted as Fischerina antarctica (Chapman, 1909)
- Species Planispirina auriculata Egger, 1893 accepted as Wiesnerella auriculata (Egger, 1893) (Type species of Wiesnerella)
- Species Planispirina celata (Costa, 1855) accepted as Sigmoilopsis celata (Costa, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Planispirina contraria (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Nummoloculina contraria (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Planispirina edwardsi Schlumberger, 1887 accepted as Sigmoilina edwardsi (Schlumberger, 1887) accepted as Sigmella edwardsi (Schlumberger, 1887) accepted as Novosigmella edwardsi (Schlumberger, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Schlumberger (1887))
- Species Planispirina exigua (Brady, 1879) accepted as Planispirinella exigua (Brady, 1879)
- Species Planispirina sigmoidea Brady, 1884 accepted as Sigmoilina sigmoidea (Brady, 1884)
- Species Planispirina sphaera (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Pyrgoella sphaera (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Planispirina striata Sidebottom, 1904 accepted as Wellmanellinella striata (Sidebottom, 1904) (Type species of Wellmanellinella)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Seguenza, G. (1880). Le formazioni terziarie nella provincia di Reggio (Calabria). <em>Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, ser. 3, Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali.</em> 6: 1–445, pls 1-17., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89318
page(s): p. 319 [details]
page(s): p. 319 [details]
Diagnosis Test large, up to 2 mm in diameter, discoidal, auriculate in outline, laterally compressed, biumbilicate, periphery...
Diagnosis Test large, up to 2 mm in diameter, discoidal, auriculate in outline, laterally compressed, biumbilicate, periphery carinate, globular proloculus followed by a few rapidly enlarging planispiral whorls, about three chambers per whorl in the later stage, septa oblique, curved backward at the periphery; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, thick, commonly obscuring the early whorls; aperture at the open end of the final chamber, a high subtriangular opening, with a height nearly equal to the test radius. Pliocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Planispirina Seguenza, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478653 on 2026-07-26
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Seguenza, G. (1880). Le formazioni terziarie nella provincia di Reggio (Calabria). <em>Atti della R. Accademia dei Lincei, ser. 3, Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali.</em> 6: 1–445, pls 1-17., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89318
page(s): p. 319 [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. 319 [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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Diagnosis Test large, up to 2 mm in diameter, discoidal, auriculate in outline, laterally compressed, biumbilicate, periphery carinate, globular proloculus followed by a few rapidly enlarging planispiral whorls, about three chambers per whorl in the later stage, septa oblique, curved backward at the periphery; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, thick, commonly obscuring the early whorls; aperture at the open end of the final chamber, a high subtriangular opening, with a height nearly equal to the test radius. Pliocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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