Foraminifera taxon details
Sphaerulina Lee, 1934 †
721878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721878)
accepted
Genus
Sphaerulina crassispira Lee, 1934 † (type by original designation)
- Species Sphaerulina caucasica Miklukho-Maklay, 1959 †
- Species Sphaerulina compacta Rui, 1979 †
- Species Sphaerulina crassispira Lee, 1934 †
- Species Sphaerulina croatica Kochansky-Devidé, 1965 †
- Species Sphaerulina ellipsoidalis Kochansky-Devidé, 1965 †
- Species Sphaerulina haymanaensis (Ciry, 1939) †
- Species Sphaerulina hunanica Lin, 1977 †
- Species Sphaerulina iranensis Kobayashi & Ishii, 2003 †
- Species Sphaerulina japonica Kanmera, 1963 †
- Species Sphaerulina jianyouensis Zhu, 1989 †
- Species Sphaerulina leshanica Zhang & Wang, 1974 †
- Species Sphaerulina ogbinensis Rozovskaya, 1965 †
- Species Sphaerulina qinglongensis Zhang & Dong in Xiao et al., 1986 †
- Species Sphaerulina qixiaensis Zhou & Zhang, 1984 †
- Species Sphaerulina quasileshanica Liu, Xiao & Dong, 1978 †
- Species Sphaerulina sphaerica Wang & Da, 1983 †
- Species Sphaerulina sphaeroides Zhu, 1989 †
- Species Sphaerulina subrotunda Sheng & Rui in Rui, 1979 †
- Species Sphaerulina weiningensis Liu, Xiao & Dong, 1978 †
- Species Sphaerulina zisongzhengensis Sheng, 1963 †
- Species Sphaerulina akudensis Igo, 1996 † accepted as Palaeostaffella akudensis (Igo, 1996) † (Opinion of Kobayashi (2019))
- Species Sphaerulina volgensis Ketat, 1982 † accepted as Caspiella volgensis (Ketat, 1982) † (Type species of Caspiella)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Lee, J. S. (1934). Taxonomic criteria of Fusulinidae with notes on seven new Permian genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Research Institute of Geology (Nanjing).</em> 14[1933]: 1-32.
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Description Description: Test moderate to large, spherical. Proloculus minute followed by 3–5 lenticular whorls; Chomata low and...
Diagnosis Test small, subspherical, planispiral, early whorls about the subspherical proloculus have short axis and lenticular test,...
Description Description: Test moderate to large, spherical. Proloculus minute followed by 3–5 lenticular whorls; Chomata low and asymmetrical. Wall partially neomicrosparitized, partially dark microgranular and porous.
Occurrence: Artinskian–Changhsingian, Paleotethyan, Neotethyan and Panthalassan.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Occurrence: Artinskian–Changhsingian, Paleotethyan, Neotethyan and Panthalassan.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Diagnosis Test small, subspherical, planispiral, early whorls about the subspherical proloculus have short axis and lenticular test,...
Diagnosis Test small, subspherical, planispiral, early whorls about the subspherical proloculus have short axis and lenticular test, later whorls with somewhat lengthened axis and spherical test or with slightly depressed umbilici, septa plane; wall thick, of tectum and very finely alveolar keriotheca, single tunnel, chomata low and asymmetrical, sloping gently toward the poles. U. Permian (Lopingian); China; Japan; USSR: Caucasus; Turkey; Carnic Alps. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sphaerulina Lee, 1934 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721878 on 2026-05-10
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Lee, J. S. (1934). Taxonomic criteria of Fusulinidae with notes on seven new Permian genera. <em>Memoirs of the National Research Institute of Geology (Nanjing).</em> 14[1933]: 1-32.
page(s): p. 16 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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]
page(s): p. 16 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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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Description Description: Test moderate to large, spherical. Proloculus minute followed by 3–5 lenticular whorls; Chomata low and asymmetrical. Wall partially neomicrosparitized, partially dark microgranular and porous.Occurrence: Artinskian–Changhsingian, Paleotethyan, Neotethyan and Panthalassan.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Diagnosis Test small, subspherical, planispiral, early whorls about the subspherical proloculus have short axis and lenticular test, later whorls with somewhat lengthened axis and spherical test or with slightly depressed umbilici, septa plane; wall thick, of tectum and very finely alveolar keriotheca, single tunnel, chomata low and asymmetrical, sloping gently toward the poles. U. Permian (Lopingian); China; Japan; USSR: Caucasus; Turkey; Carnic Alps. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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