WoRMS taxon details
Alveolinidae Ehrenberg, 1839
- Genus Alveocella Piuz, Meister & Vicedo, 2014 †
- Genus Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 †
- Genus Alveolinella H. Douvillé, 1907
- Genus Archaealveolina Fourcade, 1980 †
- Genus Borelis Montfort, 1808
- Genus Bullalveolina Reichel, 1936 †
- Genus Caribalveolina Vicedo, Aguilar, Caus & Hottinger, 2009 †
- Genus Cisalveolina Reichel, 1941 †
- Genus Decastroia Vicedo & Serra-Kiel, 2011 †
- Genus Fabalveolina Vicedo, Aguilar, Caus & Hottinger, 2009 †
- Genus Flosculinella Schubert in Richarz, 1910 †
- Genus Glomalveolina Hottinger, 1960 †
- Genus Helenalveolina Hottinger, Drobne & Caus, 1989 †
- Genus Multispirina Reichel, 1947 †
- Genus Neomurciella Fleury & Fourcade, 1987 †
- Genus Ovalveolina Reichel, 1936 †
- Genus Praealveolina Reichel, 1933 †
- Genus Praebullalveolina Sirel & Acar, 1982 †
- Genus Quasiborelis Hanzawa, 1967 †
- Genus Reichelia Vicedo & Piuz, 2016 †
- Genus Senalveolina Fleury, 1984 †
- Genus Simplalveolina Reichel, 1964 †
- Genus Streptalveolina Fourcade, Tardy & Vila, 1975 †
- Genus Subalveolina Reichel, 1936 †
- Genus Alveolites Defrance, 1816 † accepted as Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 † (Junior homonym of Alveolites Lamarck, 1801)
- Genus Clausulus Montfort, 1808 accepted as Borelis Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Fasciolites Parkinson, 1811 † accepted as Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 † (Suppressed under the plenary power for the purposes of the Principle of Priority but not for those of the Principle of Homonymy; placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names (ICZN Opinion 1501))
- Genus Flosculina Stache, 1880 † accepted as Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 † (Name unavailable ICZN Art 12 (a))
- Genus Melonia Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Borelis Montfort, 1808 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Melonites Lamarck, 1812 accepted as Borelis Montfort, 1808 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Neoalveolina Silvestri, 1928 accepted as Borelis Montfort, 1808
- Genus Oryzaria Defrance in Bronn, 1825 † accepted as Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 † (Nom rejected ICZN ZN 2356)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Alveolinea" [details]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Alveolinea" [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Alveolinidae Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414753 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Alveolinea" [details]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120. Note: Introduced as family "Alveolinea" [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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From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, commonly large, globular, fusiform, or subcylindrical, coiled about elongate axis; proloculus followed by flexostyle, then quinqueloculine in microspheric juvenile stage, adult planispiral; chambers numerous, and divided by secondary partitions or septulae into one or more layers of chamberlets that parallel the direction of coiling; numerous apertures in one or more rows, or rarely fused into a slit. L. Cretaceous (Aptian) to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]