Deep-Sea taxon details
Eggerellidae Cushman, 1937
111962 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111962)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Dorothiinae Balakhmatova, 1972
- Subfamily Eggerellinae Cushman, 1937
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cushman, J. A. (1937). A monograph of the foraminiferal family Valvulinidae. <em>Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication.</em> 8: 1-210. [details] Available for editors 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Eggerellidae Cushman, 1937. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111962 on 2026-09-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Eggerellidae Cushman, 1937. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111962 on 2026-09-10
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Cushman, J. A. (1937). A monograph of the foraminiferal family Valvulinidae. <em>Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication.</em> 8: 1-210. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test trochospirally enrolled or triserial in the early stage, later may be reduced to triserial, biserial, or uniserial; wall canaliculate, agglutinated, commonly of calcareous particles, on a thick organic layer; aperture an interiomarginal slit to areal, single to multiple. M. Jurassic (Bajocian) to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
