WoRMS taxon details
Cornuspirella Cushman, 1928
112007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112007)
accepted
Genus
Cornuspira diffusa Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913 accepted as Cornuspirella diffusa (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1928). Additional genera of foraminfera. Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. <em>Contributions.</em> 4(1): 1-8., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr1.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Cornuspirella Cushman, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112007 on 2025-04-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J. A. (1928). Additional genera of foraminfera. Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. <em>Contributions.</em> 4(1): 1-8., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr1.pdf
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basis of record 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. 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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 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 flattened, globular proloculus followed by planispirally enrolled and evolute undivided tubular second chamber as in Cornuspira, later whorls rapidly enlarging and finally uncoiling, flaring, branching, or spreading in the original plane of coiling; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, may have transverse growth wrinkles and may have longitudinal striae; aperture narrow, elongate, at the end of the flattened tubular branches. Holocene; N. Atlantic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
