WoRMS taxon details
Sphaeroidinidae Cushman, 1927
465847 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465847)
accepted
Family
- Genus Eusphaeroidina Ujiié, 1990
- Genus Sphaeroidina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Sexloculina Cžjžek, 1848 accepted as Sphaeroidina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://business.cushmanfoundation.org/ap/CloudFile/Download/P7DeWv4L
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Sphaeroidinidae Cushman, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465847 on 2026-06-07
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original description
Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://business.cushmanfoundation.org/ap/CloudFile/Download/P7DeWv4L
page(s): p. 86.; note: Subfamily. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 86.; note: Subfamily. [details] Available for editors
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Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. <em>Marine Micropaleontology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002
note: DNA basis for superfamily placement [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
note: DNA basis for superfamily placement [details] Available for editors
[request]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 with strongly embracing chambers variously enrolled; aperture an arched slit just above the base of the chamber, giving the appearance of a flaplike tooth, or primary aperture may be absent in adult and replaced by a series of sutural supplementary openings. U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
