Foraminifera taxon details
Plectina Marsson, 1878 †
582856 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582856)
accepted
Genus
Gaudryina ruthenica Reuss, 1851 † accepted as Gaudryina (Plectina) ruthenica Reuss, 1851 † accepted as Plectina ruthenica (Reuss, 1851) † (type by subsequent designation)
Gaudryina (Plectina) Franke, 1928 · unaccepted (Nom. trans.)
- Species Plectina agrestior Finlay, 1939 †
- Species Plectina cenomana Carter & Hart, 1977 †
- Species Plectina chapmani (Franke, 1928) †
- Species Plectina clava Marsson, 1878 †
- Species Plectina convergens (Keller, 1935) †
- Species Plectina conversa Jedlitschka, 1935 †
- Species Plectina cubensis Cushman & Bermúdez, 1936 †
- Species Plectina dalmatina (Schubert in Liebus, 1911) †
- Species Plectina elongata Cushman & Bermúdez, 1936 †
- Species Plectina emiratensis Anan, 2003 †
- Species Plectina eocenica Cushman, 1936 †
- Species Plectina garzaensis Cushman & Siegfus, 1935 †
- Species Plectina grzybowskii Neagu, 1962 †
- Species Plectina humblei Cushman & Ellisor, 1945 †
- Species Plectina incompleta Azbel, 1977 †
- Species Plectina kugleri Beckmann, 1991 †
- Species Plectina mariae (Franke, 1928) †
- Species Plectina nanissima Seiglie, 1964
- Species Plectina nipponica Asano, 1950 †
- Species Plectina nuttalli Cushman & Stainforth, 1951 †
- Species Plectina perturbata Franzenau, 1956 †
- Species Plectina pinswangensis Hagn, 1953 †
- Species Plectina quennelli Finlay, 1939 †
- Species Plectina regularis Hussey, 1949 †
- Species Plectina robusta Hussey, 1949 †
- Species Plectina ruthenica (Reuss, 1851) †
- Species Plectina scabrosa Plotnikova, 1962 †
- Species Plectina shimokinensis Asano, 1958 †
- Species Plectina sphaerica van Bellen, 1941 †
- Species Plectina tarda Ujiié, 1959 †
- Species Plectina torrei Cushman & Bermúdez, 1936 †
- Species Plectina trinitatensis Cushman & Renz, 1948 †
- Species Plectina virginiana Cushman & Cederstrom, 1949 †
- Species Plectina watersi Cushman, 1933 †
- Species Plectina apicularis (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Karrerulina apicularis (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Karrerulina conversa (Grzybowski, 1901)
- Species Plectina coniformis (Grzybowski, 1898) † accepted as Karrerulina coniformis (Grzybowski, 1898) †
- Species Plectina conversa (Grzybowski, 1901) † accepted as Karrerulina conversa (Grzybowski, 1901)
- Species Plectina irregularis Marsson, 1878 † accepted as Dorothia irregularis (Marsson, 1878) † (Opinion of Gawor-Biedowa (1992))
- Species Plectina lenis (Grzybowski, 1896) † accepted as Gerochammina lenis (Grzybowski, 1896) † (Opinion of Neagu (1990))
- Species Plectina poronaiensis Asano, 1952 † accepted as Poronaia poronaiensis (Asano) em. Ujiie & Watanabe, 1960 †
- Species Plectina terra Bykova & Azbel, 1977 † accepted as Paleogaudryina terra (Bykova & Azbel, 1977) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Grigelis (1985), Grigelis and Norling (1999))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Marsson, T. (1878). Die Foraminiferen der weissen Schreibkreide der Insel Rügen. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein für Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald.</em> 10: 115-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55833448
page(s): p. 160 [details]
page(s): p. 160 [details]
Diagnosis Test elongate, early stage trochospiral with four to five chambers per whorl, later biserial, with test slightly flattened...
Diagnosis Test elongate, early stage trochospiral with four to five chambers per whorl, later biserial, with test slightly flattened to ovate in section; wall finely agglutinated, solid or canaliculate nature unknown; aperture areal, subterminal, rounded or ovate. U. Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian) to Eocene; Europe; North America. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Plectina Marsson, 1878 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582856 on 2025-09-13
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Marsson, T. (1878). Die Foraminiferen der weissen Schreibkreide der Insel Rügen. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein für Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald.</em> 10: 115-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55833448
page(s): p. 160 [details]
original description (of Gaudryina (Plectina) Franke, 1928) Franke, A. (1928). Die Foraminiferen der Oberen Kreide Nord-und Mitteldeutschlands. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt.</em> n. ser. 111: 1-207., available online at https://archive.org/details/dieforaminiferen00fran
page(s): p. 141 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 160 [details]
original description (of Gaudryina (Plectina) Franke, 1928) Franke, A. (1928). Die Foraminiferen der Oberen Kreide Nord-und Mitteldeutschlands. <em>Abhandlungen der Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt.</em> n. ser. 111: 1-207., available online at https://archive.org/details/dieforaminiferen00fran
page(s): p. 141 [details] Available for editors





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Diagnosis Test elongate, early stage trochospiral with four to five chambers per whorl, later biserial, with test slightly flattened to ovate in section; wall finely agglutinated, solid or canaliculate nature unknown; aperture areal, subterminal, rounded or ovate. U. Cretaceous (Turonian to Maastrichtian) to Eocene; Europe; North America. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]