WoRMS taxon details
Spiroplectammina Cushman, 1927
112385 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112385)
accepted
Genus
Textularia agglutinans var. biformis Parker & Jones, 1865 accepted as Spiroplectammina biformis (Parker & Jones, 1865) (type by original designation)
Spiroplectammina (Semivulvulina) Hagn, 1956 · unaccepted (Opinion of Fursenko and Fursenko (1961))
Vulvulinella Saidova, 1975 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward (2017) pers. com.
- Species Spiroplectammina arenasuturata LeRoy, 1939
- Species Spiroplectammina atrata (Cushman, 1911)
- Species Spiroplectammina bathyca Uchio, 1960
- Species Spiroplectammina biformis (Parker & Jones, 1865)
- Species Spiroplectammina carteri Hayward, 2010
- Species Spiroplectammina deperdita (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Spiroplectammina henmii Oki, 1989
- Species Spiroplectammina milletti (Cushman, 1911)
- Species Spiroplectammina parallela Cushman, 1931
- Species Spiroplectammina polymorpha McCulloch, 1981
- Species Spiroplectammina rara Nguyen Ngoc, 2006
- Species Spiroplectammina subelliptica McCulloch, 1981
- Species Spiroplectammina typica Lacroix, 1931
- Species Spiroplectammina venezuelaensis McCulloch, 1981
- Subgenus Spiroplectammina (Semivulvulina) Hagn, 1956 accepted as Spiroplectammina Cushman, 1927 (Opinion of Fursenko and Fursenko (1961))
- Species Spiroplectammina agglutinans (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Textularia agglutinans d'Orbigny, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Spiroplectammina arenosuturata LeRoy, 1939 accepted as Spiroplectammina arenasuturata LeRoy, 1939 (Subsequent incorrect spelling)
- Species Spiroplectammina bulbosa (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Duquepsammia bulbosa (Cushman, 1911)
- Species Spiroplectammina carinata (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Spirorutilus carinatus (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Spiroplectammina earlandi (Parker, 1952) accepted as Textularia earlandi Parker, 1952 (superseded combination)
- Species Spiroplectammina floridana (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Spirotextularia floridana (Cushman, 1922) (Opinion of Debanay (2013))
- Species Spiroplectammina higuchii Takayanagi, 1953 accepted as Spiroplectinella wrighti (Silvestri, 1903) (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Hanagata and Nobuhara (2014))
- Species Spiroplectammina kerimbaensis (Said, 1949) accepted as Sahulia kerimbaensis (Said, 1949)
- Species Spiroplectammina plummerae Cushman, 1948 accepted as Spiroplectammina expansa (Plummer, 1927) † (Invalid nomen novum Inversed priority with S. expansa Leroy, 1941)
- Species Spiroplectammina pseudocarinata (Cushman, 1921) accepted as Spirorutilus carinatus (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Spiroplectammina sagittula (Defrance, 1824) accepted as Textularia sagittula Defrance, 1824 (Type species of Textularia)
- Species Spiroplectammina wrighti (Silvestri, 1903) accepted as Spiroplectinella wrighti (Silvestri, 1903) (Type species of Spiroplectinella)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/3cclfr1.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Spiroplectammina Cushman, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112385 on 2025-07-02
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original description
Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/3cclfr1.pdf
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original description (of Vulvulinella Saidova, 1975) Saidova, K. M. (1975). Бентосине фораминиферий Тихого океана-Bentosniye foraminifery Tikhogo Okeana-Benthonic Foraminifera of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Институт океанологии им. П. П. Шершова Академии наук СССР-P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.</em> 3: parts.
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original description (of Spiroplectammina (Semivulvulina) Hagn, 1956) Hagn, H. (1956). Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär des Monte Brione und seiner Umgebung (Gardasee, Ober-Italien). <em>Palaeontographica Abt. A.</em> 107(3-6): 67-210. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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[request]original description (of Vulvulinella Saidova, 1975) Saidova, K. M. (1975). Бентосине фораминиферий Тихого океана-Bentosniye foraminifery Tikhogo Okeana-Benthonic Foraminifera of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Институт океанологии им. П. П. Шершова Академии наук СССР-P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.</em> 3: parts.
page(s): p. 121 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Spiroplectammina (Semivulvulina) Hagn, 1956) Hagn, H. (1956). Geologische und paläontologische Untersuchungen im Tertiär des Monte Brione und seiner Umgebung (Gardasee, Ober-Italien). <em>Palaeontographica Abt. A.</em> 107(3-6): 67-210. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test free, elongate, narrow, ovoid in section, margins broadly rounded, large early planispiral coil of few chambers followed by biserially arranged chambers, the coil commonly of greater breadth than the first few pairs of biserial chambers; wall agglutinated, solid and noncanaliculate; aperture a low arch at the inner margin of the final chamber. Carboniferous to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
