Foraminifera name details
Polymorphinella Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936
465900 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:465900)
unaccepted (Opinion of Jones (1994))
Genus
Polymorphinella vaginulinaeformis Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936 accepted as Astacolus vaginulinaeformis (Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936) (type by original designation)
Eupolymorphinella McCulloch, 1977 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym in...)
subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
- Species Polymorphinella anticipata (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Polymorphinella compressa Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936 †
- Species Polymorphinella curta Cushman & Ellisor, 1945 †
- Species Polymorphinella elegantula (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Polymorphinella elongata Toulmin, 1941 †
- Species Polymorphinella exacuta Saidova, 1975
- Species Polymorphinella gracilis Cushman & Cederstrom, 1949 †
- Species Polymorphinella lemoinei Marie, 1941 †
- Species Polymorphinella nemunensis Fursenko & Fursenko, 1961 †
- Species Polymorphinella subcompressa Toulmin, 1941 †
- Species Polymorphinella cylindracea (Reuss, 1845) † accepted as Pseudonodosaria cylindracea (Reuss, 1845) †
- Species Polymorphinella pacifica Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936 † accepted as Astacolus pacificus (Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Jones (1994))
- Species Polymorphinella pacificus Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936 accepted as Astacolus pacificus (Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936)
- Species Polymorphinella vaginulinaeformis Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936 accepted as Astacolus vaginulinaeformis (Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Cushman, J. A.; Hanzawa, S. (1936). New genera and species of Foraminifera of the Late Tertiary of the Pacific. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 12(2): 45-48., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/12cclfr2.pdf
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Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, compressed, early stage biserial, with plane of biseriality parallel to the compression, later...
Diagnosis Test ovate in outline, compressed, early stage biserial, with plane of biseriality parallel to the compression, later uniserial, although some chambers may be somewhat cuneate rather than symmetrical, sutures distinct, curved to sigmoid; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture radiate at the dorsal angle. U. Paleocene (Landenian) to Pleistocene; Japan: Ryukyu Islands; USA; Mexico; E. Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Polymorphinella Cushman & Hanzawa, 1936. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=465900 on 2025-06-02
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Cushman, J. A.; Hanzawa, S. (1936). New genera and species of Foraminifera of the Late Tertiary of the Pacific. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 12(2): 45-48., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/12cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 46 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
page(s): p. 46 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 ovate in outline, compressed, early stage biserial, with plane of biseriality parallel to the compression, later uniserial, although some chambers may be somewhat cuneate rather than symmetrical, sutures distinct, curved to sigmoid; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture radiate at the dorsal angle. U. Paleocene (Landenian) to Pleistocene; Japan: Ryukyu Islands; USA; Mexico; E. Pacific. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]