Foraminifera taxon details
Orthovertella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
721946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721946)
accepted
Genus
Orthovertella protea Cushman & Waters, 1928 † (type by original designation)
- Species Orthovertella angulata Kristan, 1957 †
- Species Orthovertella coctilis Shleyfer, 1961 †
- Species Orthovertella flexuosa Styk, 1972 †
- Species Orthovertella minima Igonin, 1998 †
- Species Orthovertella paiarensis Kristan-Tollmann, 1984 †
- Species Orthovertella protea Cushman & Waters, 1928 †
- Species Orthovertella pseudoprotea Sosipatrova, 1970 †
- Species Orthovertella rotundata Pronina, 2000 †
- Species Orthovertella sellardsi Plummer, 1930 †
- Species Orthovertella semiinvoluta Fuchs, 1970 †
- Species Orthovertella shalshalensis Kristan-Tollmann, 1984 †
- Species Orthovertella subrotundata Kristan, 1957 †
- Species Orthovertella verchojanica Sosipatrova, 1970 †
- Species Orthovertella issatchkensis Dain, 1958 † accepted as Rectocornuspira issatchkensis (Dain, 1958) †
- Species Orthovertella simplicissima K. Miklukho-Maklay, 1968 † accepted as Orthovertellopsis simplicissima (K. Miklukho-Maklay, 1968) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Vachard, Lucas and Krainer (2015))
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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Diagnosis Test elongate, proloculus followed by tubular undivided and streptospirally enrolled second chamber of nearly constant...
Diagnosis Test elongate, proloculus followed by tubular undivided and streptospirally enrolled second chamber of nearly constant diameter throughout, final stage uncoiled and rectilinear; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, surface smooth; aperture at the open end of the tube. Pennsylvanian (Moscovian to Stephanian), Desmoinesian to Missourian; 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. Orthovertella Cushman & Waters, 1928 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721946 on 2026-02-18
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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. 45 [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. 45 [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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Diagnosis Test elongate, proloculus followed by tubular undivided and streptospirally enrolled second chamber of nearly constant diameter throughout, final stage uncoiled and rectilinear; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, surface smooth; aperture at the open end of the tube. Pennsylvanian (Moscovian to Stephanian), Desmoinesian to Missourian; USA: Texas. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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