WoRMS taxon details
Ammomassilina Cushman, 1933
112022 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112022)
accepted
Genus
Massilina alveoliniformis Millett, 1898 accepted as Ammomassilina alveoliniformis (Millett, 1898) (type by original designation)
- Species Ammomassilina alveoliniformis (Millett, 1898)
- Species Ammomassilina clypeoarenula Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Ammomassilina maslakovae Nguyen Ngoc, 2006
- Species Ammomassilina asperula (Karrer, 1868) accepted as Sigmoilopsis asperula (Karrer, 1868) accepted as Spiroglutina asperula (Karrer, 1868) (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ammomassilina Cushman, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112022 on 2025-04-17
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 32 pl. 3 fig. 5 [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]
page(s): p. 32 pl. 3 fig. 5 [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]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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 [request]
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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test large, up to 1.4 mm in length, chambers one-half coil in length, early stage quinqueloculine, later chambers added on opposite sides of the test in a single plane; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, with surface layer of agglutinated quartz particles; aperture at the end of the final chamber, multiple, with a trematophore. Holocene; Pacific: Fiji; Malay Archipelago. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
