Foraminifera taxon details
Spirillinidae Reuss & Fritsch, 1861
111951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111951)
accepted
Family
- Genus Conicospirillina Cushman, 1927
- Genus Mychostomina Berthelin, 1881
- Subfamily Neotrocholininae Rigaud, Schlagintweit & Bucur, 2018 †
- Genus Sejunctella Loeblich & Tappan, 1957
- Genus Spirillina Ehrenberg, 1843
- Genus Spirotrocholina Azbel, 1986 †
- Genus Tethysiella Blau in Blau & Haas, 1991 †
- Genus Turrispirillina Cushman, 1927
- Genus Arspirillinum Rhumbler, 1913 † accepted as Spirillina Ehrenberg, 1843 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Praepatellina Blau, 1987 † accepted as Tethysiella Blau in Blau & Haas, 1991 † (Junior homonym of Praepatellina McCulloch, 1977)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Reuss, A. E.; Fritsch, A. (1861). Verzeichniss von 100 Gypsmodellen von Foraminiferen, welche unter der Leitung des Prof Dr. A. Reuss und Dr. Anton Fritsch gearbeitet wurden. <em>Prague: Karl Seyfried.</em> 1-4.
page(s): p. 2. [details]
page(s): p. 2. [details]
Diagnosis Spherical proloculus followed by nonseptate enrolled tubular chamber, planispiral or low to high trochospiral, or may...
Diagnosis Spherical proloculus followed by nonseptate enrolled tubular chamber, planispiral or low to high trochospiral, or may enroll back on itself to result in a double-layered cone; aperture single at open end of tube or tube may be closed terminally. U. Triassic to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Spirillinidae Reuss & Fritsch, 1861. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111951 on 2026-07-18
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Reuss, A. E.; Fritsch, A. (1861). Verzeichniss von 100 Gypsmodellen von Foraminiferen, welche unter der Leitung des Prof Dr. A. Reuss und Dr. Anton Fritsch gearbeitet wurden. <em>Prague: Karl Seyfried.</em> 1-4.
page(s): p. 2. [details]
context source (PeRMS) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista [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 [request]
additional source 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]
page(s): p. 2. [details]
context source (PeRMS) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista [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
[request]additional source 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]
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Diagnosis Spherical proloculus followed by nonseptate enrolled tubular chamber, planispiral or low to high trochospiral, or may enroll back on itself to result in a double-layered cone; aperture single at open end of tube or tube may be closed terminally. U. Triassic to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
