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Glomospira

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8329615	https://www.gbif.org/species/8329615
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	1535	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=1535

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Spirillinida : Ammodiscidae : Glomospira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Ammodiscidae : Glomospira

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Textulariina	Delage and Herouard 1896
superfamily	Ammodiscoidea
family	Ammodiscidae	Reuss 1862
subfamily	Ammovertellinae	Saidova 1981
genus	Glomospira	Rzehak 1885

Scientific Name

Glomospira Rzehak, 1885

Name Published In

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst., 20

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Glomospira	genus	belongs to Ammodiscidae	stated with evidence	Morlotti, 1988
Glomospira	genus	belongs to Ammodiscidae	stated without evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1988
Glomospira	genus	belongs to Foraminiferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Glomospira	genus	belongs to Ammovertellinae	stated with evidence	Kobayashi, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

541 - 516 Ma
Cambrian

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

herbivore (based on Ammodiscidae)

Taphonomy

agglutinated

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Glomospira adhaerens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira aptiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira aquilonaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira articulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira asymmetrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira biforma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira biplana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira bireplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira brevispira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira bulbifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira candeda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira charoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira compacta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira compressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira compressiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira contexta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira cucurbita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira darvasica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira deplanata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira depressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira diffundens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira disca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira discoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira duplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira elliptica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira elongata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira eucalla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira fijiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira gerkei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira glomerosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira gordialiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira gordialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira guangdongensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira heimi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira hoeglundi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira hubeiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira improcera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira inconstans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira inconsueta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira insigna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira irregularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira ishimbaica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira jactata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira jingshanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira jinxianensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira jurassica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira kabulensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira meandrospiroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira megaprolocula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira micans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira miliolidaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira minutissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira monogranula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira multivoluta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira mutabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira nanzhangensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira negevi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira obesa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira oblongiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira ovalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira ovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira oxfordiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira paleograndis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira parammodiscus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira parapusilliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira pattoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira paucicurvata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira perplexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira perturbata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira praegordialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira problema species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira pseudopusilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira pseudoseptata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira pulchra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira pusilliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira pyramidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira reata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira regularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira reversa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira roesingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira scaphoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira senonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira serpens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira siluriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira spinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira spiralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira spirillinoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Glomospira straniki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira subparvula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira subsphaerica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tenuifistula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tetraedrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tetragona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tianmenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tingriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tolpinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tortkudukensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tortuosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira tricornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira urgoniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira urmanovae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira vulgaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira wahgiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira watersi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira westgatei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira wolongensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glomospira xainzaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Arglomospirum Rhumbler, 1913	GBIF	genus	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Spirillinida : Ammodiscidae : *Arglomospirum*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1895	Glomospira Rzehak
1988	Glomospira Loeblich and Tappan
1988	Glomospira Morlotti p. 277
2002	Glomospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Glomospira Kobayashi p. 679
1895	Glomospira Rzehak
1988	Glomospira Loeblich and Tappan
1988	Glomospira Morlotti p. 277
2002	Glomospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2012	Glomospira Kobayashi p. 679

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1988) , Foraminiferal genera and their classification, 1-1728

Morlotti E. (1988) Late Cretaceous flysch-type agglutinated foraminifera from the Northern Italian Apennines, Abh Geol B-A 41, 265-285

Kobayashi F. (2012) Middle and Late Permian foraminifers from the Chichibu belt, Takachiho area, Kyushu, Japan: implications for faunal events, Journal of Paleontology 86 4, 669-687

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Tappan & Loeblich Jr., 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Verh. Geol. Reichsanst., 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

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