Foraminifera taxon details

Fusulinidae Möller, 1878 †

592503  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:592503)

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  1. Subfamily Beedeininae Solovieva in Rauzer-Chernousova et al., 1996 †
    1. Genus Beedeina Galloway, 1933 †
    2. Genus Citronites Solovieva in Rauzer-Chernousova et al., 1996 †
    3. Genus Parabeedeina Solovieva in Rauzer-Chernousova et al., 1996 †
    4. Genus Putrella Rauzer-Chernousova, 1951 †
  2. Subfamily Eofusulininae Rauzer-Chernousova & Rozovskaya, 1959 †
    1. Genus Akiyoshiella Toriyama, 1953 †
    2. Genus Eofusulina Rauzer-Chernousova, 1951 †
    3. Genus Neofusiella Ektova, 1989 †
    4. Genus Neofusulina Miklukho-Maklay, 1963 †
    5. Genus Paraeofusulina Putrya, 1956 †
    6. Genus Postverella Ivanova, 2008 †
    7. Genus Siliculites Fang, 1988 †
    8. Genus Verella Dalmatskaya, 1951 †
  3. Subfamily Fusulininae Möller, 1878 †
    1. Genus Bartramella Verville, Thompson & Lokke, 1956 †
    2. Genus Fusulina Fischer de Waldheim, 1829 †
    3. Genus Hemifusulina Möller, 1877 †
    4. Genus Hemifusulinella Rumyantseva, 1962 †
    5. Genus Kamaina Solovieva in Rauzer-Chernousova et al., 1996 †
    6. Genus Pseudotriticites Putrya, 1940 †
    7. Genus Undatafusulina Leven, 1998 †
    8. Genus Schellwienia Staff & Wedekind, 1910 † accepted as Fusulina Fischer de Waldheim, 1829 † (Nom. trans.)
    9. Genus Dutkevichella Putrya, 1956 † represented as Hemifusulina Möller, 1877 † (The main difference between Dutkevichella and Hemifusulina lies in the wall structure which is still under discussion (see note below))
  4. Subfamily Quasifusulininae Putrya, 1956 †
    1. Genus Quasifusulina Chen, 1934 †
    2. Genus Quasifusulinoides Rauzer-Chernousova & Rozovskaya, 1959 †
    3. Genus Epifusulina Chen in Grabau, 1936 † accepted as Quasifusulina Chen, 1934 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Möller, V. von. (1878). Die Spiral-gewundenen Foraminiferen des russischen Kohlenkalks. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> ser. 7 vol. 25 n° 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46592602 [details]   
Description Tests inflated fusiform (Beedeininae) to elongate fusiform (Fusulininae, Eofusulininae, Quasifusulininae). Septal folding...  
Description Tests inflated fusiform (Beedeininae) to elongate fusiform (Fusulininae, Eofusulininae, Quasifusulininae). Septal folding developed in the entire chambers. Chomata developed in Beedeininae. Axial filling developed in Eofusulininae and Quasifusulininae. Wall diaphanothecal. Aperture simple.
Occurrence: Latest Bashkirian. Acme during the Moscovian. Late Pennsylvanian. Rare in early Permian (up to the Artinskian); either cosmopolitan or endemic genera.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019), p. 73). [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Fusulinidae Möller, 1878 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=592503 on 2024-04-26
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2013-03-07 10:50:34Z
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original description Möller, V. von. (1878). Die Spiral-gewundenen Foraminiferen des russischen Kohlenkalks. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> ser. 7 vol. 25 n° 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46592602 [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  PDF available [request] 
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Description Tests inflated fusiform (Beedeininae) to elongate fusiform (Fusulininae, Eofusulininae, Quasifusulininae). Septal folding developed in the entire chambers. Chomata developed in Beedeininae. Axial filling developed in Eofusulininae and Quasifusulininae. Wall diaphanothecal. Aperture simple.
Occurrence: Latest Bashkirian. Acme during the Moscovian. Late Pennsylvanian. Rare in early Permian (up to the Artinskian); either cosmopolitan or endemic genera.
(Vachard in Krainer et al. (2019), p. 73). [details]

Diagnosis Fusiform to subcylindrical test planispirally coiled throughout or with early whorls at a distinct angle from the later plane of coiling; septa flat to fluted; tunnel single, chomata weak to massive; spirotheca of tectum and upper and lower tectoria, or of tectum and diaphanotheca. U. Carboniferous (Moscovian) to U. Permian (Murgabian). (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]