Deep-Sea taxon details
Spiroplectinatinae Cushman, 1928 †
738132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738132)
accepted
Subfamily
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cushman, J. A. (1928). Foraminifera; their classification and economic use. <em>Special Publication Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 1: 1-401., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10754260
page(s): p. 235. [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 235. [details] Available for editors
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Spiroplectinatinae Cushman, 1928 †. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738132 on 2026-07-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spiroplectinatinae Cushman, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738132 on 2026-07-31
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Cushman, J. A. (1928). Foraminifera; their classification and economic use. <em>Special Publication Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 1: 1-401., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10754260
page(s): p. 235. [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 235. [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test with much reduced triserial and triangular portion, later biserial and compressed, and may become uniserial in the adult; wall very finely agglutinated, smoothly finished; aperture terminal, rounded, produced on a neck. L. Cretaceous (Aptian) to U. Cretaceous (Santonian). (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
