WoRMS taxon details
Planispirillina Bermúdez, 1952
465872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465872)
accepted
Genus
Spirillina limbata var. papillosa Cushman, 1915 accepted as Planispirillina papillosa (Cushman, 1915) (type by original designation)
- Species Planispirillina caledoniana McCulloch, 1981
- Species Planispirillina colomboensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Planispirillina confrugosa McCulloch, 1981
- Species Planispirillina denticulogranulata (Chapman, 1907)
- Species Planispirillina inaequalis (Brady, 1879)
- Species Planispirillina margaritaensis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Planispirillina papillosa (Cushman, 1915)
- Species Planispirillina parvispinata McCulloch, 1981
- Species Planispirillina paucispira Zheng, 1979
- Species Planispirillina ritae McCulloch, 1981
- Species Planispirillina spinigera (Chapman, 1900)
- Species Planispirillina tuberculatolimbata (Chapman, 1900)
- Species Planispirillina tumidula McCulloch, 1977
- Species Planispirillina decorata (Brady, 1884) accepted as Spirillina decorata Brady, 1884
- Species Planispirillina denticulata (Brady, 1884) accepted as Spirillina denticulata Brady, 1884
- Species Planispirillina exigua (Brady, 1879) accepted as Planispirinella exigua (Brady, 1879)
- Species Planispirillina margaritifera (Terquem, 1880) accepted as Planispirillina papillosa (Cushman, 1915) (Junior homonym of Spirillina margaritifera Williamson, 1958 )
- Species Planispirillina terquemi (Silvestri, 1923) accepted as Planispirillina papillosa (Cushman, 1915) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Planispirillina wrightii (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930) accepted as Spirillina wrightii Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bermúdez, P. J. (1952). Estudio sistematico de los Foraminiferos rotaliformes. <em>Venezuela Minist. Minas and Hidrocarb. Boletin de geologia.</em> 2(4): 1-230., available online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uDKihn3kXx4yoDw6mEYicsoslxwt-Mue/view
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Planispirillina Bermúdez, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465872 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Bermúdez, P. J. (1952). Estudio sistematico de los Foraminiferos rotaliformes. <em>Venezuela Minist. Minas and Hidrocarb. Boletin de geologia.</em> 2(4): 1-230., available online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uDKihn3kXx4yoDw6mEYicsoslxwt-Mue/view
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Other
additional source
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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Diagnosis Test discoidal, globular proloculus followed by undivided tubular and planispirally enrolled second chamber, evolute on one side and involute on the opposite; wall perforate on the evolute side, imperforate on the opposite side where earlier whorls are obscured by a covering of papillose lamellae, wall of aragonite by X-ray determination; aperture at the open end of the tubular chamber. Holocene; Pacific: off Japan; Guam; Hawaiian Islands; S. China Sea; Atlantic: English Channel; W. Atlantic: Florida; Mediterranean Sea. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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