WoRMS taxon details
Pegidiidae Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928
- Genus Kuremsia Özdikmen, 2009
- Genus Pegidia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928
- Genus Siphonidia Seiglie, 1965
- Genus Sphaeridia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928 accepted as Kuremsia Özdikmen, 2009 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912 Insecta)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Pegidiidae Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527001 on 2026-01-29
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Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors
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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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Diagnosis Test trochospirally derived, chambers few, each successive one opposed to or partially enveloping the preceding, early chambers resorbed with growth; aperture a series of tubes that pierce the umbilical wall. Miocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
