WoRMS taxon details
Globigerininae Carpenter et al., 1862
721000 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721000)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Beella Banner & Blow, 1960
- Genus Globigerina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Globigerinella Cushman, 1927
- Genus Globigerinoides Cushman, 1927
- Genus Globoturborotalita Hofker, 1976
- Genus Sphaeroidinella Cushman, 1927
- Genus Trilobatus Spezzaferri, Kučera, Pearson, Wade, Rappo, Poole, Morard & Stalder, 2015
- Genus Turborotalita Blow & Banner, 1962
- Genus Alloglobigerinoides Huang, 1986 accepted as Globigerinoides Cushman, 1927 (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
- Genus Bolliella Banner & Blow, 1959 accepted as Globigerinella Cushman, 1927
- Genus Pylodexia Ehrenberg, 1858 accepted as Globigerina d'Orbigny, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Rhynchospira Ehrenberg, 1845 accepted as Globigerina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Towella Brönnimann & Whittaker, 1991 accepted as Turborotalita Blow & Banner, 1962 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Mikrotax http://mikrotax.org/pforams/)
- Genus Turborotalida accepted as Turborotalita Blow & Banner, 1962 (lapsus calami)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Carpenter, W. B.; Parker, W. K.; Jones, J. R. (1862). Introduction to the Study of the Foraminifera. 319 pp. The Ray Society, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37432 [details] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Globigerininae Carpenter et al., 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721000 on 2026-09-10
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Nomenclature
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Carpenter, W. B.; Parker, W. K.; Jones, J. R. (1862). Introduction to the Study of the Foraminifera. 319 pp. The Ray Society, London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37432 [details]
basis of record 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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basis of record 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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context source (PeRMS)
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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis As for the family, with test trochospiral throughout. U. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
