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Globoturborotalita Hofker, 1976

To Mikrotax (Globoturborotalita Hofker, 1976)

AphiaID

112201 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112201)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Globigerina rubescens Hofker, 1956 accepted as Globoturborotalita rubescens (Hofker, 1956) (type by original designation)

Parent

Globigerininae Carpenter et al., 1862

Original name

Globoturborotalita Hofker, 1976

Synonymised names

Globigerina (Zeaglobigerina) Kennett & Srinivasan, 1983 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)

Globoturborotalia † · unaccepted (Erroneous spelling)

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Species Globoturborotalita occlusa (Blow & Banner, 1962)
Species Globoturborotalita rubescens (Hofker, 1956)
Species Globoturborotalita decorata Loeblich & Tappan, 1994 accepted as Globoturborotalita rubescens (Hofker, 1956) (Subjective junior synonym)
Species Globoturborotalita tenella (Parker, 1958) accepted as Globigerinoides tenellus Parker, 1958 (Opinion of Mikrotax http://mikrotax.org/pforams/)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Hofker, J. (1976). La famille Turborotalitidae. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 19: 47-53.
page(s): p. 52 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Globoturborotalita Hofker, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112201 on 2025-11-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gross, Onno

2010-06-18 02:36:51Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-04-27 09:35:56Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2019-09-03 12:27:17Z

changed

Le Coze, François

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Nomenclature

original description Hofker, J. (1976). La famille Turborotalitidae. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 19: 47-53.
page(s): p. 52 [details]

original description (of Globigerina (Zeaglobigerina) Kennett & Srinivasan, 1983) Kennett, J. P.; Srinivasan, M. S. (1983). Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera: A Phylogenetic Atlas. Hutchinson Ross Publishing Company, Stroudsberg, Pennsylvania.
page(s): p. 42 [details]

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

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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Introduced: alien

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Diagnosis Test trochospiral, globular chambers closely appressed and enlarging rapidly, few per whorl, sutures radial to curved, depressed, periphery rounded, peripheral outline lobulate; wall calcareous, perforate, pores with distinct pore pits resulting in a cancellate surface but also with true spines of circular cross section; aperture umbilical, a small to high arch bordered by a distinct rim. U. Oligocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

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