Deep-Sea taxon details
Spiroplecta Ehrenberg, 1844 †
565664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:565664)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1844). Mittheilung über 2 neue Lager von Gebirgsmassen aus Infusorien als Meeres-Absatz in Nord-Amerika und eine Vergleichung derselben mit den organischen Kreide-Gebilden in Europa und Afrika. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1844: 57-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11052757
page(s): p. 75 [details]
page(s): p. 75 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Spiroplecta Ehrenberg, 1844 †. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565664 on 2024-07-11
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spiroplecta Ehrenberg, 1844 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565664 on 2024-07-11
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Ehrenberg, C. G. (1844). Mittheilung über 2 neue Lager von Gebirgsmassen aus Infusorien als Meeres-Absatz in Nord-Amerika und eine Vergleichung derselben mit den organischen Kreide-Gebilden in Europa und Afrika. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1844: 57-97., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11052757
page(s): p. 75 [details]
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
page(s): p. 75 [details]
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
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test with early chambers in a planispiral coil, at least in the microspheric stage, later biserial, chambers globular and inflated, sutures depressed; wall calcareous, perforate, commonly ornamented with fine longitudinal striae; aperture a symmetrical arch at the base of the final chamber. L. Cretaceous (Aptian) to Paleocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
