WoRMS taxon details
Oolina d'Orbigny, 1839
112156 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112156)
accepted
Genus
Oolina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1839 (type by subsequent designation)
Cenchridinium Ehrenberg · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cenchridium Ehrenberg, 1845 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan, 1964
Entosolenia Williamson, 1848 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Lagena (Entosolenia) Wiesner, 1931 · unaccepted (Nomen translatum)
Lagena (Oolina) Haynes, 1958 · unaccepted (Nom. trans.)
Ovulina Ehrenberg, 1845 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan,...)
Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 err. emend.
- Species Oolina acuticosta (Reuss, 1862)
- Species Oolina ampulladistoma (Jones, 1874)
- Species Oolina ampulliformis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Oolina ampullilineata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina areolata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina artificiosa (Buchner, 1940)
- Species Oolina asymmetrica McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina auberginiana Yassini & Jones, 1995
- Species Oolina baukalionilla Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Oolina bifidocostata Albani, 1981
- Species Oolina bifurcata (LeRoy, 1944)
- Species Oolina borealis Loeblich & Tappan, 1954
- Species Oolina brevisolenia Zheng, 1979
- Species Oolina capensis (Ehrenberg, 1872)
- Species Oolina capsulata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina caudigera (Wiesner, 1931) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Lagena alveolata var. caudigera Brady, 1884)
- Species Oolina charlesensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina citriformis (Buchner, 1940)
- Species Oolina clariglobosa McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina confluenta McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina confragosa McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina cristobalensis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Oolina crudicostata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina cylindracea Yassini & Jones, 1995
- Species Oolina dipentagona McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina diquadrata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina emaciata (Reuss, 1863)
- Species Oolina eucostata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina furssenkoi Troitskaya & Fursenko, 1979
- Species Oolina glabra McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina globosa (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Oolina gracilis Ujiié, 1997
- Species Oolina guttaformis Collins, 1974
- Species Oolina haidingeri Cžjžek, 1848
- Species Oolina heronalleni Haynes, 1973
- Species Oolina heteromorphiformis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Oolina incurvum (Ehrenberg, 1872)
- Species Oolina inferocostata (Cushman, 1913)
- Species Oolina isabella d'Orbigny, 1839
- Species Oolina kleithria Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Oolina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1839
- Species Oolina lineata (Williamson, 1848)
- Species Oolina lineatopunctata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922)
- Species Oolina lirata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina margaritae Figueroa, Marchant & Ramírez in Figueroa et al., 2006
- Species Oolina meloformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina micans (Buchner, 1940)
- Species Oolina montagui (Alcock, 1865)
- Species Oolina neofavosapunctata McCulloch, 1981
- Species Oolina neoglobosa McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina neohispida McCulloch, 1981
- Species Oolina neolineata McCulloch, 1981
- Species Oolina ovoidea Yassini & Jones, 1995
- Species Oolina ovum (Ehrenberg, 1843)
- Species Oolina parisoina Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Oolina patannae Haman, 1966
- Species Oolina permixta McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina piriformis Yassini & Jones, 1995
- Species Oolina poroglobosa McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina portseaensis (Collins, 1974)
- Species Oolina prospiralis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina puteocapitulata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina quadricollaris McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina quadricompacta McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina quinquecostata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina scalariformesulcata (Wiesner, 1931)
- Species Oolina seminiformis Albani & Yassini, 1989
- Species Oolina seminuda (Brady, 1884)
- Species Oolina setosa (Earland, 1934)
- Species Oolina setosiformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina simplicita Marchant, 1993
- Species Oolina sphaerula (Ehrenberg, 1845)
- Species Oolina spiroglobosa McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina spuria McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina squamosasulcata (Heron-Allen & earland, 1922)
- Species Oolina stelligera (Brady, 1881)
- Species Oolina stellula (Loeblich & Tappan, 1994)
- Species Oolina stiktosa Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Oolina subacuticostiformis Albani & Yassini, 1989
- Species Oolina tasmanica Parr, 1950
- Species Oolina teres McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina tinkersiana McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina truncata (Brady, 1884)
- Species Oolina unica McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina variabilis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina variata (Brady, 1881)
- Species Oolina variatiformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina versiculata (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Oolina vilardeboana d'Orbigny, 1839
- Species Oolina virgulatiformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Oolina alcocki (White, 1956) accepted as Homalohedra williamsoni (Alcock, 1865)
- Species Oolina ampullineata McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Oolina ampullilineata McCulloch, 1977 (Misspelling)
- Species Oolina ampullodistoma (Jones, 1874) accepted as Oolina ampulladistoma (Jones, 1874) (misspelling)
- Species Oolina apiculata Reuss, 1851 accepted as Reussoolina apiculata (Reuss, 1851)
- Species Oolina apiopleura (Loeblich & Tappan, 1953) accepted as Homalohedra apiopleura (Loeblich & Tappan, 1953) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Patterson et al. (1998))
- Species Oolina barkeri Margerel, 2016 accepted as Homalohedra bassensis (Collins, 1974) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Le Coze (2024) pers. comm. [O. barkeri is based on the pl. 58, fig. 31 from Brady (1884), which was recognized as Homalohedra bassensis by Kawagata and Kamihashi (2016)])
- Species Oolina botelliformis (Brady, 1881) accepted as Parafissurina botelliformis (Brady, 1881)
- Species Oolina carteri Albani & Yassini, 1989 accepted as Reussoolina carteri (Albani & Yassini, 1989) (Opinion of Parker (2009))
- Species Oolina catenulata (Jeffreys, 1848) accepted as Lagena catenulata (Jeffreys, 1848) accepted as Pseudofavulina catenulata (Jeffreys in Williamson, 1848) † (By majority usage)
- Species Oolina caudata d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Lagena caudata (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Boltovskoy and Giussani de Kahn (1982), Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Oolina clavata d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Hyalinonetrion clavatum (d'Orbigny, 1846) (Opinion of Cicha et al. (1998))
- Species Oolina collaripolygonata Albani & Yassini, 1989 accepted as Homalohedra guntheri (Earland, 1934)
- Species Oolina collaris (Cushman, 1913) accepted as Heteromorphina collaris (Cushman, 1913) (Opinion of Clark (1991))
- Species Oolina compressa d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Fissurina compressa (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Boltovskoy and Watanabe (1993))
- Species Oolina costata (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Oolina borealis Loeblich & Tappan, 1954 (unaccepted > junior homonym, E. costata is a secondary junior homonym of Oolina costata Egger, 1857)
- Species Oolina desmophora (Jones, 1874) accepted as Cushmanina desmophora (Jones, 1874)
- Species Oolina exsculpta (Brady, 1881) accepted as Exsculptina exsculpta (Brady, 1881)
- Species Oolina fasciata Egger, 1857 accepted as Fissurina fasciata (Egger, 1857) accepted as Palliolatella fasciata (Egger, 1857) (Opinion of Boltovskoy and Guissani de Kahn (1983))
- Species Oolina favosopunctata (Brady, 1881) accepted as Favulina favosopunctata (Brady, 1881)
- Species Oolina feidleniana (Brady, 1878) accepted as Cushmanina feildeniana (Brady, 1878) (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Oolina feildeniana (Brady, 1878) accepted as Cushmanina feildeniana (Brady, 1878)
- Species Oolina felsinea (Fornasini, 1894) accepted as Parafissurina felsinea (Fornasini, 1894)
- Species Oolina foveolata (Seguenza, 1862) accepted as Favulina foveolata (Seguenza, 1862) (Opinion of Milker amd Schmiedl (2012))
- Species Oolina guntheri (Earland, 1934) accepted as Homalohedra guntheri (Earland, 1934)
- Species Oolina hertwigiana (Brady, 1881) accepted as Lagena hertwigiana Brady, 1881 accepted as Sipholagena hertwigiana (Brady, 1881) accepted as Moncharmontzeiana hertwigiana (Brady, 1881)
- Species Oolina heteromorpha Parr, 1950 accepted as Heteromorphina heteromorpha (Parr, 1950) accepted as Heteromorphina collaris (Cushman, 1913) (Type species of Heteromorphina)
- Species Oolina hexagona (Williamson, 1848) accepted as Favulina hexagona (Williamson, 1848) (Opinion of Cimerman and Langer (1991))
- Species Oolina hispida (Reuss, 1863) accepted as Lagena hispida Reuss, 1863
- Species Oolina isabelleana d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Oolina isabella d'Orbigny, 1839 (Incorrect subsequent spelling 'isabelleana' in plates explanation)
- Species Oolina longispina (Brady, 1881) accepted as Fissurina longispina (Brady, 1881)
- Species Oolina melo d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Favulina melo (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Akimoto, Matsui, Shimokawa, and Furukawa (2002), Hanagata and Nobuhara (2015))
- Species Oolina melosquamosa Mcculloch, 1977 accepted as Favulina melosquamosa (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Oolina neobotelliformis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Duplella neobotelliformis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Oolina orbignyana (Seguenza, 1862) accepted as Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza, 1862
- Species Oolina punctulata (Sidebottom, 1912) accepted as Reussoolina punctulata (Sidebottom, 1912)
- Species Oolina scalariforme-sulcata (Wiesner, 1931) accepted as Oolina scalariformesulcata (Wiesner, 1931)
- Species Oolina scalariformis (Williamson, 1848) accepted as Favulina scalariformis (Williamson, 1848) accepted as Pseudofavulina scalariformis (Williamson, 1848)
- Species Oolina sidebottomi (Earland, 1934) accepted as Exsculptina sidebottomi (Earland, 1934) (Type species of Exsculptina)
- Species Oolina spiralis (Brady, 1884) accepted as Cushmanina spiralis (Brady, 1884)
- Species Oolina squamosa (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Favulina squamosa (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Oolina staphyllearia (Schwager, 1866) accepted as Fissurina staphyllearia Schwager, 1866
- Species Oolina striata d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Lagena striata (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Reuss (1863), Batjes (1958))
- Species Oolina striaticollis d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Lagena striaticollis (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Boltovskoy and Giussani de Kahn (1983))
- Species Oolina striatopunctata (Parker & Jones, 1865) accepted as Cushmanina striatopunctata (Parker & Jones, 1865)
- Species Oolina tectulostoma (Loeblich & Tappan, 1953) accepted as Parafissurina tectulostoma Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
- Species Oolina trigonopulchella (Balkwill & Millett, 1844) accepted as Galwayella trigonopulchella (Balkwill & Millett, 1844)
- Species Oolina williamsoni (Alcock, 1865) accepted as Homalohedra williamsoni (Alcock, 1865)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366
page(s): p. 18 [details]
page(s): p. 18 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Oolina d'Orbigny, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112156 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366
page(s): p. 18 [details]
original description (of Entosolenia Williamson, 1848) Williamson, W. C. (1848). On the Recent British species of the genus <i>Lagena</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 1 (1): 1-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22193922#page/17/
page(s): p. 16 [details]
original description (of Ovulina Ehrenberg, 1845) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1845). [Novorum Generum et Specierum brevis definitio. Zusätze zu seinen letzten Mittheilung über die mikroskopischen Lebensformen von Portugall und Spanien, Süd-Afrika, Hinter-Indien, Japan und Kurdistan, und legte die folgenden Diagnosen u. s. w.]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1845: 357-377, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11055633
page(s): p. 358 [details]
original description (of Cenchridium Ehrenberg, 1845) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1845). [Novorum Generum et Specierum brevis definitio. Zusätze zu seinen letzten Mittheilung über die mikroskopischen Lebensformen von Portugall und Spanien, Süd-Afrika, Hinter-Indien, Japan und Kurdistan, und legte die folgenden Diagnosen u. s. w.]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1845: 357-377, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11055633
page(s): p. 357 [details]
original description (of Lagena (Oolina) Haynes, 1958) Haynes, J.R. (1958) Certain smaller British Paleocene Foraminifera. Part IV. Arenacea, Lagenidea, Buliminidea and Chilostomellidae. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 9(3): 58-77., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/09ccffr3.pdf [details] Available for editors
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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. 18 [details]
original description (of Entosolenia Williamson, 1848) Williamson, W. C. (1848). On the Recent British species of the genus <i>Lagena</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2) 1 (1): 1-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22193922#page/17/
page(s): p. 16 [details]
original description (of Ovulina Ehrenberg, 1845) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1845). [Novorum Generum et Specierum brevis definitio. Zusätze zu seinen letzten Mittheilung über die mikroskopischen Lebensformen von Portugall und Spanien, Süd-Afrika, Hinter-Indien, Japan und Kurdistan, und legte die folgenden Diagnosen u. s. w.]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1845: 357-377, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11055633
page(s): p. 358 [details]
original description (of Cenchridium Ehrenberg, 1845) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1845). [Novorum Generum et Specierum brevis definitio. Zusätze zu seinen letzten Mittheilung über die mikroskopischen Lebensformen von Portugall und Spanien, Süd-Afrika, Hinter-Indien, Japan und Kurdistan, und legte die folgenden Diagnosen u. s. w.]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1845: 357-377, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11055633
page(s): p. 357 [details]
original description (of Lagena (Oolina) Haynes, 1958) Haynes, J.R. (1958) Certain smaller British Paleocene Foraminifera. Part IV. Arenacea, Lagenidea, Buliminidea and Chilostomellidae. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 9(3): 58-77., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/portals/_default/files/pubarchive/CCFFR/09ccffr3.pdf [details] Available for editors

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
Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista [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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Diagnosis Test unilocular, globular to ovate; wall calcareous, hyaline, radial, surface smooth or with very fine longitudinal striae, base may be apiculate; aperture rounded, slightly produced on a short neck and may be surrounded by radial grooves. Jurassic to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]