Deep-Sea taxon details
Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 †
720944 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:720944)
accepted
Family
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Bolli, H. M.; Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae and Globotruncanidae. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 3-50., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70794#/summary
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [details]
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 †. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720944 on 2026-03-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan, 1957 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720944 on 2026-03-31
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Bolli, H. M.; Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Planktonic foraminiferal families Hantkeninidae, Orbulinidae, Globorotaliidae and Globotruncanidae. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 3-50., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70794#/summary
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [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
additional source Pearson, P. N.; Spezzaferi, S.; Huber, B. T.; Kucera, M. (2018). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Oligocene <i>Cassigerinella</i>. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication.</em> 46: 481-494., available online at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/sites/earth_sciences/files/Chapter_18.pdf [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 30; note: As Cassigerinellinae = subfamily. [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
additional source Pearson, P. N.; Spezzaferi, S.; Huber, B. T.; Kucera, M. (2018). Taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of Oligocene <i>Cassigerinella</i>. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication.</em> 46: 481-494., available online at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/sites/earth_sciences/files/Chapter_18.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test planispiral in early stage, later enrolled biserial; primary aperture interiomarginal, equatorial in planispiral stage, extraumbilical and alternating from side to side in later biserial stage. U. Eocene to L. Miocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
To Mikrotax (Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich & Tappan 1957)
To Mikrotax (Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich and Tappan, 1957)
To Mikrotax (Cassigerinellidae Bolli, Loeblich and Tappan, 1957)
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