Foraminifera taxon details
Soritoidea Ehrenberg, 1839
518814 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:518814)
accepted
Superfamily
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
Diagnosis Wall porcelaneous, early stage pitted or perforate and less commonly may be perforate throughout growth; chambers...
Diagnosis Wall porcelaneous, early stage pitted or perforate and less commonly may be perforate throughout growth; chambers planispiral, uncoiling, flabelliform, or cyclical, may be subdivided by interseptal partitions or pillars. U. Permian (U. Djulfian) 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. Soritoidea Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=518814 on 2026-07-18
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Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [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
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page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [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
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Diagnosis Wall porcelaneous, early stage pitted or perforate and less commonly may be perforate throughout growth; chambers planispiral, uncoiling, flabelliform, or cyclical, may be subdivided by interseptal partitions or pillars. U. Permian (U. Djulfian) to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
