WoRMS taxon details
Mimosina Millett, 1900
415644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415644)
accepted
Genus
Mimosina hystrix Millett, 1900 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Mimosina affinis Millett, 1900
- Species Mimosina echinata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915
- Species Mimosina hystrix Millett, 1900
- Species Mimosina pacifica Cushman, 1933
- Species Mimosina sidebottomi Dollfus, 1905
- Species Mimosina spinulosa Millett, 1900
- Species Mimosina squalodon Rhumbler, 1911
- Species Mimosina orientalis (Cushman, 1933) accepted as Trimosina orientalis Cushman, 1933 (opinion of Debanay (2013))
- Species Mimosina rimosa Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915 accepted as Quirimbatina rimosa (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Millett, F. W. (1900). Report on the Recent Foraminifera of the Malay Archipelago. Part IX. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 539-549., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2234145
page(s): p. 547 [details]
page(s): p. 547 [details]
Type locality contained in Malay Archipelago
type locality contained in Malay Archipelago [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Mimosina Millett, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415644 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Millett, F. W. (1900). Report on the Recent Foraminifera of the Malay Archipelago. Part IX. <em>Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society.</em> 539-549., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2234145
page(s): p. 547 [details]
page(s): p. 547 [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
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Diagnosis Test triserial in the early stage, later biserial, chambers subglobular and inflated but produced into a prominent spine at the test angles, sutures depressed; wall calcareous, hyaline, optically radial, finely perforate between the fine longitudinal ribs; aperture a wide and low basal arch, with a second ovate opening that is nearly terminal, each bordered by a narrow imperforate lip that also separates the two openings. Holocene; Malay Archipelago; tropical Pacific; Kerimba Archipelago; Atlantic; Caribbean; Mediterranean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
