Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Monothalamea > Order Astrorhizida > Suborder Saccamminina > Superfamily Saccamminoidea > Family Saccamminidae > Subfamily Saccammininae > Genus Saccammina

Saccammina sphaerica Brady, 1871

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Saccammina*	Sars in Carpenter, 1869	accepted genus name
*Saccamina*	Sars, 1869	orthographic variant

Species group names

*Saccammina sphaerica*	Sars, 1872	homotypic synonym

Children

Saccammina sphaerica var. catenulata Cushman, 1917

Literature

original description	Brady, H. B. (1871). On Saccammina Carteri, a new Foraminifer from the Carboniferous limestone of Northumberland. Annals and magazine of Natural History. ser. 4 7(21): 177-184.
basis of record	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
additional source	Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 87-129.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Saccammina sphaerica Brady, 1871. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114191