Foraminifera taxon details
Ramulina T.R. Jones in Wright, 1875
415917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415917)
accepted
Genus
Ramulina laevis Jones, 1875 (type by original designation)
- Species Ramulina abscissa Loeblich & Tappan, 1946 †
- Species Ramulina aculeata (d'Orbigny, 1840) †
- Species Ramulina anastomosa Barnard, 1972 †
- Species Ramulina angusta Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Ramulina aptiensis Bartenstein & Brand, 1951 †
- Species Ramulina arkadelphiana Cushman, 1938 †
- Species Ramulina berthelini Bartenstein & Bolli, 1973 †
- Species Ramulina brachiata Jones, 1875 †
- Species Ramulina bradyi Rzehak, 1891 †
- Species Ramulina bullardae Frizzell, 1954 †
- Species Ramulina burdekiensis Samyschkina, 1983 †
- Species Ramulina chapmani Barnard, 1972 †
- Species Ramulina confossa Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Ramulina cuspidata Barnard, 1972 †
- Species Ramulina djengutaensis Samyschkina, 1983 †
- Species Ramulina edwardensis Carsey, 1926 †
- Species Ramulina elkhoudaryi Anan, 2002 †
- Species Ramulina elongata Ismail, 1991 †
- Species Ramulina exigua Rzehak, 1895 †
- Species Ramulina fornasinii Liebus, 1901 †
- Species Ramulina fusiformis Khan, 1950 †
- Species Ramulina futyani Anan, 2015 †
- Species Ramulina globosa Kseneva, 2018 †
- Species Ramulina globotubulosa Cushman, 1938 †
- Species Ramulina globulifera Brady, 1879
- Species Ramulina goesi Rzehak, 1895 †
- Species Ramulina gordaensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Ramulina grimaldii Schlumberger, 1891
- Species Ramulina ismaili Anan, 2022 †
- Species Ramulina kittlii Rzehak, 1885 †
- Species Ramulina laevis Jones, 1875
- Species Ramulina laevis Samyschkina, 1983 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Ramulina laevis Jones, 1875)
- Species Ramulina miracula Azbel, 1989 †
- Species Ramulina multispinosa McCulloch, 1981
- Species Ramulina muricatina Loeblich & Tappan, 1949 †
- Species Ramulina navarroana Cushman, 1938 †
- Species Ramulina nodosarioides Dain, 1958 †
- Species Ramulina novaculeata Bullard, 1953 †
- Species Ramulina orabii Anan, 2022 †
- Species Ramulina ornata Cushman, 1938 †
- Species Ramulina parasitica Carter, 1889 †
- Species Ramulina philippinensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Ramulina plummerae Anan, 2022 †
- Species Ramulina polita Bermúdez, 1949 †
- Species Ramulina poljessica (Mityanina, 1955) †
- Species Ramulina protea Stead, 1951 †
- Species Ramulina pseudoaculaeta Barnard, 1972 †
- Species Ramulina pseudoaculeata (Olsson, 1960) †
- Species Ramulina salahii Anan, 2022 †
- Species Ramulina salebrosa Dain, 1976 †
- Species Ramulina seidkentensis Samyschkina, 1983 †
- Species Ramulina siphonifera Guilbault, Krautter, Conway & Barrie, 2006
- Species Ramulina spandeli Paalzow, 1917 †
- Species Ramulina spinata Antonova, 1964 †
- Species Ramulina subcylindrica Styk, 1972 †
- Species Ramulina tetrahedralis Ludbrook, 1966 †
- Species Ramulina tubensis Ismail, 1991 †
- Species Ramulina ufola Kaiho, 1993 †
- Species Ramulina vanandeli Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Ramulina verucosa Kuzina, 1973 †
- Species Ramulina wrightii Barnard, 1972 †
- Species Ramulina aculeata Wright, 1886 † accepted as Ramulina wrightii Barnard, 1972 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, Incorrect authority see Barnard (1972) p. 391)
- Species Ramulina cervicornis (Chapman, 1892) † accepted as Histopomphus cervicornis (Chapman, 1892) †
- Species Ramulina fatemae Anan, 2023 † (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 Ramulina globifera Brady, 1879 accepted as Ramulina globulifera Brady, 1879 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Ramulina herdmani Dakin, 1906 accepted as Carpenteria rhaphidodendron Möbius, 1878 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Cushman (1921))
- Species Ramulina morsii Anan, 2023 † (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 Ramulina proteiformis Flint, 1899 accepted as Sporadogenerina proteiformis (Flint, 1899) (Type species by synonymy of Sporadogenerina)
- Species Ramulina shreifae Anan, 2023 (unaccepted > unavailable name, e-publication with no ZooBank record)
- Species Ramulina subornata Anan, 2023 † (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 Ramulina suevica (Paalzow, 1932) † accepted as Ramulinella suevica Paalzow, 1932 †
- Species Ramulina tappanae Bartenstein & Brand, 1951 † accepted as Ramulina fusiformis Khan, 1950 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Seibold and Seibold (1960) [almost the same references to specimens earlier described under other names])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Wright, J., (1875), A Iist of the Cretaceous microzoa of the north of Ireland, Proceedings Belfast Naturalists' Field Club (1873-1880), n. ser. 1(Appendix 3): 73-99., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51660782
page(s): p. 88 [details]
page(s): p. 88 [details]
Diagnosis Globular or irregular chambers loosely connected by stolonlike necks or a straight or branching tube with chamberlike...
Diagnosis Globular or irregular chambers loosely connected by stolonlike necks or a straight or branching tube with chamberlike swellings; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface smooth to hispid; aperture at the open ends of the stolonlike tubes. Jurassic to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Ramulina T.R. Jones in Wright, 1875. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415917 on 2025-09-12
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2009-09-23 14:01:30Z
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original description
Wright, J., (1875), A Iist of the Cretaceous microzoa of the north of Ireland, Proceedings Belfast Naturalists' Field Club (1873-1880), n. ser. 1(Appendix 3): 73-99., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51660782
page(s): p. 88 [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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identification resource Anan, H. S. (2022). On the Variability of Benthic Foraminiferal Species of the Genus <i>Ramulina</i> in the Tethys. <em>Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 52(3): 133-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.3.133 [details]
page(s): p. 88 [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

identification resource Anan, H. S. (2022). On the Variability of Benthic Foraminiferal Species of the Genus <i>Ramulina</i> in the Tethys. <em>Journal of Foraminiferal Research.</em> 52(3): 133-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.3.133 [details]




From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Globular or irregular chambers loosely connected by stolonlike necks or a straight or branching tube with chamberlike swellings; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface smooth to hispid; aperture at the open ends of the stolonlike tubes. Jurassic to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]