WoRMS taxon details
Epistominella Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944
112168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112168)
accepted
Genus
Epistominella pulchella Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944 (type by original designation)
- Species Epistominella afueraensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Epistominella arctica Green, 1959
- Species Epistominella bubnanensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Epistominella exigua (Brady, 1884)
- Species Epistominella implana McCulloch, 1977
- Species Epistominella kuwanoi Oki, 1989
- Species Epistominella limbatiformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Epistominella naraensis (Kuwano, 1950)
- Species Epistominella obesa Bandy & Arnal, 1957
- Species Epistominella pulchella Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944
- Species Epistominella sandiegoensis Uchio, 1960
- Species Epistominella smithi (Stewart & Stewart, 1930)
- Species Epistominella tamana (Kuwano, 1950)
- Species Epistominella utriana McCulloch, 1977
- Species Epistominella bradyana (Cushman, 1927) accepted as Pseudoparrella bradyana (Cushman, 1927)
- Species Epistominella evax Bandy, 1953 accepted as Ambitropus evax (Bandy, 1953) (Type species of Ambitropus)
- Species Epistominella levicula Resig, 1958 accepted as Eilohedra levicula (Resig, 1958) accepted as Eilohedra vitrea (Parker, 1953) (Type species of Eilohedra)
- Species Epistominella nipponica Kuwano, 1962 accepted as Epistominella nipponica Kuwano in Matoba, 1967 accepted as Eilohedra nipponica (Kuwano in Matoba, 1967) (Nomen nudum)
- Species Epistominella nipponica Kuwano in Matoba, 1967 accepted as Eilohedra nipponica (Kuwano in Matoba, 1967)
- Species Epistominella pacifica (Cushman, 1927) accepted as Pseudoparrella pacifica (Cushman, 1927)
- Species Epistominella pulchra (Cushman, 1933) accepted as Facetocochlea pulchra (Cushman, 1933) (Type species of Facetocochlea)
- Species Epistominella rugosa (Phleger & Parker, 1951) accepted as Nuttallides rugosus (Phleger & Parker, 1951) accepted as Osangularielloides rugosus (Phleger & Parker, 1951)
- Species Epistominella subperuviana (Cushman, 1926) accepted as Pseudoparrella subperuviana (Cushman, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Epistominella takayanagii Iwasa, 1955 accepted as Pseudoparrella takayanagii (Iwasa, 1955)
- Species Epistominella tubulifera (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915) accepted as Asanonella tubulifera (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915)
- Species Epistominella umbonifera (Cushman, 1933) accepted as Nuttallides umbonifer (Cushman, 1933)
- Species Epistominella vitrea Parker, 1953 accepted as Eilohedra vitrea (Parker, 1953)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Husezima, R.; Maruhasi, M. (1944). A new genus and thirteen new species of foraminifera from the core-sample of Kashiwazaki oil-field, Niigata-ken. <em>Shigenkagaku Kenkyusyo, Journal.</em> v. 1, no. 3, p. 391-400, pl. 34.
page(s): p. 397 [details]
page(s): p. 397 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Epistominella Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112168 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Husezima, R.; Maruhasi, M. (1944). A new genus and thirteen new species of foraminifera from the core-sample of Kashiwazaki oil-field, Niigata-ken. <em>Shigenkagaku Kenkyusyo, Journal.</em> v. 1, no. 3, p. 391-400, pl. 34.
page(s): p. 397 [details]
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. 397 [details]
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
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 small to medium in size, trochospiral, with two and a half to three whorls, planoconvex to inequally biconvex, evolute spiral side flat to low convex, sutures straight and oblique, only the six to seven chambers of the final whorl visible on the convex to nearly conical involute umbilical side, sutures gently curved, nearly radial, and slightly depressed, periphery carinate; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface smooth; aperture an interiomarginal slit extending up the face of the final chamber on the umbilical side. L. Miocene to Holocene; Pacific; Arctic Ocean; Atlantic; Mediterranean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
