Foraminifera taxon details
Calcivertella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
721935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721935)
accepted
Genus
Calcivertella adherens Cushman & Waters, 1928 † (type by original designation)
- Species Calcivertella adherens Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
- Species Calcivertella anguinea (Cherdynzev, 1914) †
- Species Calcivertella heathi (Cushman & Waters, 1928) †
- Species Calcivertella latimerensis (Galloway & Harlton, 1928) †
- Species Calcivertella palata Crespin, 1958 †
- Species Calcivertella usvaensis Chuvashov in Chuvashov, Dyupina, Mizens & Chernykh, 1990 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
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Description Description: Calcivertellinae characterized by a small to moderate size, thin wall, erratic coiling, few whorls, and a...
Diagnosis Test attached, globular proloculus partially encircled by gradually enlarging tubular undivided second chamber that later...
Description Description: Calcivertellinae characterized by a small to moderate size, thin wall, erratic coiling, few whorls, and a plano-convex test.
Occurrence: Early Serpukhovian–latest Permian (?Triassic); probably cosmopolitan.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Occurrence: Early Serpukhovian–latest Permian (?Triassic); probably cosmopolitan.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Diagnosis Test attached, globular proloculus partially encircled by gradually enlarging tubular undivided second chamber that later...
Diagnosis Test attached, globular proloculus partially encircled by gradually enlarging tubular undivided second chamber that later uncoils, growing in numerous closely appressed zigzag bends and finally rectilinear; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture at the open end of the tube. U. Carboniferous (Stephanian), Virgilian; USA: Texas. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Calcivertella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721935 on 2026-05-03
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Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 4(2): 31-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/4cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 48 [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. 48 [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: Calcivertellinae characterized by a small to moderate size, thin wall, erratic coiling, few whorls, and a plano-convex test.Occurrence: Early Serpukhovian–latest Permian (?Triassic); probably cosmopolitan.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019)). [details]
Diagnosis Test attached, globular proloculus partially encircled by gradually enlarging tubular undivided second chamber that later uncoils, growing in numerous closely appressed zigzag bends and finally rectilinear; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture at the open end of the tube. U. Carboniferous (Stephanian), Virgilian; USA: Texas. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
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