Foraminifera taxon details
Sacchararena Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †
737400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:737400)
accepted
Genus
Hyperammina spinescens Cushman & Waters, 1928 † accepted as Sacchararena spinescens (Cushman & Waters, 1928) † (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
page(s): p. 1159 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test large, up to several mm, inflated or rounded proloculus followed by tubular second chamber of equal or lesser...
Diagnosis Test large, up to several mm, inflated or rounded proloculus followed by tubular second chamber of equal or lesser diameter; wall finely agglutinated, with sugary appearance, white in color, thin and probably flexible in life, as most are crushed in preservation; aperture at the open end of the tubular chamber. U. Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian to Permian; USA: Texas; Australia; Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sacchararena Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737400 on 2026-02-03
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original description
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Some
new proteinaceous and agglutinated genera of
Foraminiferida. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 58: 1158-1163.
page(s): p. 1159 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 1159 [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test large, up to several mm, inflated or rounded proloculus followed by tubular second chamber of equal or lesser diameter; wall finely agglutinated, with sugary appearance, white in color, thin and probably flexible in life, as most are crushed in preservation; aperture at the open end of the tubular chamber. U. Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian to Permian; USA: Texas; Australia; Germany. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon