WoRMS taxon details
Sphaerogypsina Galloway, 1933
112073 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112073)
accepted
Genus
Ceriopora globulus Reuss, 1848 accepted as Sphaerogypsina globulus (Reuss, 1848) (type by original designation)
Excentrogypsina Popescu, 1975 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
- Species Sphaerogypsina globulariformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Sphaerogypsina globulus (Reuss, 1848)
- Species Sphaerogypsina globula (Reuss, 1848) accepted as Sphaerogypsina globulus (Reuss, 1848)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Galloway, J. J. (1933). A manual of Foraminifera. <em>Bloomington, Principia Press.</em> , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822014134829
page(s): p. 309 [details]
page(s): p. 309 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Sphaerogypsina Galloway, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112073 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Galloway, J. J. (1933). A manual of Foraminifera. <em>Bloomington, Principia Press.</em> , available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822014134829
page(s): p. 309 [details]
original description (of Excentrogypsina Popescu, 1975) Popescu, G. (1975). Etudes des foraminifères du Miocène inférieur et moyen du nord-ouest de Ia Transylvanie. <em>Memorii Institutul de Geologie şi Geofizică.</em> 23: 1-121., available online at https://igr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mem_v23_Compressed.pdf
page(s): p. 97 [details]
original description (of Gypsina (Sphaerogypsina) Galloway, 1933 in Franco, 1983) Franco, G. L. (1983). Observaciones sobre Gypsina globularis (Reuss). In: Contribución a la geología de Cuba oriental. <em>Instituto de Geología y Paleontología (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba).</em> 255-258., available online at http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1983_Franco_Gipsina_CGPO.pdf [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]
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]
page(s): p. 309 [details]
original description (of Excentrogypsina Popescu, 1975) Popescu, G. (1975). Etudes des foraminifères du Miocène inférieur et moyen du nord-ouest de Ia Transylvanie. <em>Memorii Institutul de Geologie şi Geofizică.</em> 23: 1-121., available online at https://igr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mem_v23_Compressed.pdf
page(s): p. 97 [details]
original description (of Gypsina (Sphaerogypsina) Galloway, 1933 in Franco, 1983) Franco, G. L. (1983). Observaciones sobre Gypsina globularis (Reuss). In: Contribución a la geología de Cuba oriental. <em>Instituto de Geología y Paleontología (Academia de Ciencias de Cuba).</em> 255-258., available online at http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1983_Franco_Gipsina_CGPO.pdf [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]
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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test large, up to 1 mm in diameter, globular to somewhat irregular, constructed of numerous layers of small and closely packed chambers, those of successive layers aligned, roof of chambers perforate and septa thick, elevated and imperf orate, similar to Discogypsina. Paleocene to Holocene; W. Europe; USSR: Ukraine; Australia; New Guinea; Borneo; Caribbean; Jamaica; Costa Rica; San Domingo; Peru. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]