Foraminifera taxon details
Pegidiidae Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928
- Genus Kuremsia Özdikmen, 2009
- Genus Pegidia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928
- Genus Siphonidia Seiglie, 1965
- Genus Sphaeridia Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928 accepted as Kuremsia Özdikmen, 2009 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of Sphaeridia Linnaniemi, 1912 Insecta)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors

Diagnosis Test trochospirally derived, chambers few, each successive one opposed to or partially enveloping the preceding, early...
Diagnosis Test trochospirally derived, chambers few, each successive one opposed to or partially enveloping the preceding, early chambers resorbed with growth; aperture a series of tubes that pierce the umbilical wall. Miocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Pegidiidae Heron-Allen & Earland, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527001 on 2025-04-08
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Heron-Allen, E.; Earland, A. (1928). On the Pegididae, a new family of Foraminifera. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 283-299.
page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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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page(s): p. 288; note: As Pegididae (nomen imperfectum) [details] Available for editors

additional source 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 trochospirally derived, chambers few, each successive one opposed to or partially enveloping the preceding, early chambers resorbed with growth; aperture a series of tubes that pierce the umbilical wall. Miocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]