WoRMS taxon details
Schaferina McCulloch, 1977
556165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:556165)
accepted
Genus
Schaferina annamaryae McCulloch, 1977 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Schaferina McCulloch, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556165 on 2025-11-14
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Nomenclature
original description
McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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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 small, inflated, biconvex but central part of umbilical side excavated, trochospiral with about two and a half whorls, chambers enlarging rapidly, five per whorl, sutures depressed, curved back toward the periphery on the spiral side, nearly radial on the umbilical side, umbilicus closed, periphery rounded, outline lobulate; wall calcareous, distinctly perforate, surface smooth; aperture interiomarginal, extraumbilical to umbilical, bordered by a straight narrow lip, the slightly projecting lips of previous chambers remaining visible around the umbilical region. Holocene; Galapagos: Tower Island (Genovesa), at 350 m. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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