Foraminifera taxon details
Cycloforina Łuczkowska, 1972
112016 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112016)
accepted
Genus
Quinqueloculina contorta d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Cycloforina contorta (d'Orbigny, 1846) (type by original designation)
- Species Cycloforina badenensis (d'Orbigny, 1846) †
- Species Cycloforina collinsi Langer, 1992
- Species Cycloforina collumnosa (Cushman, 1922)
- Species Cycloforina contorta (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Cycloforina crenulata (Cushman, 1932)
- Species Cycloforina cristata (Millett, 1898)
- Species Cycloforina exmouthensis (Parker, 2009)
- Species Cycloforina exsculpta (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915)
- Species Cycloforina fluviata (Venglinsky, 1958) †
- Species Cycloforina gracilissima (Bogdanovich, 1950)
- Species Cycloforina granulocostata (Germeraad, 1946)
- Species Cycloforina hauerina (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Cycloforina karreri (Reuss, 1869)
- Species Cycloforina lachesis (Karrer, 1868) †
- Species Cycloforina ludwigi (Reuss, 1866) †
- Species Cycloforina nussdorfensis (d'Orbigny, 1846) †
- Species Cycloforina predcarpatica (Serova, 1955) †
- Species Cycloforina quinquecarinata (Collins, 1958)
- Species Cycloforina rugosa (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- Species Cycloforina semiplicata (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Cycloforina semireticulosa (Cushman, 1932)
- Species Cycloforina serovae (Bogdanovich, 1952) †
- Species Cycloforina sidebottomi (Rasheed, 1971)
- Species Cycloforina stomata Łuczkowska, 1974 †
- Species Cycloforina tenuicollis (Wiesner, 1923)
- Species Cycloforina villafranca (Le Calvez & Le Calvez, 1958)
- Species Cycloforina zigzag (d'Orbigny, 1846) †
- Species Cycloforina andrussovi (Bogdanovich, 1952) † accepted as Quinqueloculina andrussovi (Bogdanovich, 1952) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Krasheninnikov et al. (2003))
- Species Cycloforina angularis (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1905) accepted as Quinqueloculina angularis d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1905 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina argunica (Gerke, 1939) accepted as Quinqueloculina argunica (Gerke, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina bicarinata (d'Orbigny in Terquem, 1878) accepted as Quinqueloculina bicarinata d'Orbigny in Terquem, 1878 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina bicostata (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Quinqueloculina bicostata d'Orbigny, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina carinata (Albani, 1974) accepted as Quinqueloculina tasmanica Albani, 1978 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Cycloforina carinatastriata (Wiesner, 1923) accepted as Quinqueloculina carinatastriata (Wiesner, 1923)
- Species Cycloforina cherifi Anan, 2025 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Name published in an electronic publication unregistered in ZooBank, invalid for nomenclatural purposes according to the 2012 Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)
- Species Cycloforina colomi (Le Calvez & Le Calvez, 1958) accepted as Adelosina colomi (Le Calvez & Le Calvez, 1958)
- Species Cycloforina disparilis (d'Orbigny in Schlumberger, 1893) accepted as Quinqueloculina disparilis d'Orbigny in Schlumberger, 1893 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina dmitrievae (Bogdanovich, 1950) † accepted as Quinqueloculina dmitrievae (Bogdanovich, 1950) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina hewaidyi Anan, 2025 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Name published in an electronic publication unregistered in ZooBank, invalid for nomenclatural purposes according to the 2012 Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)
- Species Cycloforina juleana (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Cycloforina contorta (d'Orbigny, 1846) (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Papp & Schmid (1985))
- Species Cycloforina macerata (Cushman & Todd, 1946) accepted as Quinqueloculina crassa var. macerata Cushman & Todd, 1946 (Misidentification)
- Species Cycloforina perlucida (Bogdanovich, 1947) † accepted as Quinqueloculina perlucida (Bogdanovich, 1947) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina polygona (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Quinqueloculina polygona d'Orbigny, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cycloforina reticulata (Karrer, 1862) accepted as Quinqueloculina reticulata Karrer, 1862
- Species Cycloforina sclerotica (Karrer, 1868) accepted as Quinqueloculina sclerotica Karrer, 1868
- Species Cycloforina stelligera (Schlumberger, 1893) accepted as Quinqueloculina schlumbergeri (Wiesner, 1923)
- Species Cycloforina sulcata (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1900) accepted as Quinqueloculina sulcata d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1900
- Species Cycloforina vermicularis (Karrer, 1868) accepted as Quinqueloculina vermicularis Karrer, 1868
- Species Cycloforina schlumbergeri (Wiesner, 1923) represented as Quinqueloculina schlumbergeri (Wiesner, 1923)
- Species Cycloforina stalkeri (Loeblich & Tappan, 1953) represented as Quinqueloculina stalkeri Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
- Species Cycloforina subpolygona (Parr, 1945) represented as Quinqueloculina subpolygona Parr, 1945
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Łuczkowska, E. (1972). Miliolidae (Foraminiferida) from Miocene of Poland. Part I. Revision of the classification. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 17 (3): 341-377., available online at https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app17/app17-341.pdf
page(s): pp. 367-368 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): pp. 367-368 [details] Available for editors

Diagnosis Test quinqueloculine, always five chambers visible from the exterior, chambers onehalf coil in length, added against the...
Diagnosis Test quinqueloculine, always five chambers visible from the exterior, chambers onehalf coil in length, added against the previous whorl without a separate chamber floor; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture circular at the produced end of the final chamber, with a short bifid or simple tooth. Jurassic to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Cycloforina Luczkowska, 1972. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112016 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Łuczkowska, E. (1972). Miliolidae (Foraminiferida) from Miocene of Poland. Part I. Revision of the classification. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 17 (3): 341-377., available online at https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app17/app17-341.pdf
page(s): pp. 367-368 [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]
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
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page(s): pp. 367-368 [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]
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





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Diagnosis Test quinqueloculine, always five chambers visible from the exterior, chambers onehalf coil in length, added against the previous whorl without a separate chamber floor; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aperture circular at the produced end of the final chamber, with a short bifid or simple tooth. Jurassic to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]