Foraminifera name details
Zellerinella Mamet, 1981 †
721721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721721)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of (Brenckle & Groves, 1981; Rich, 1986; Brenckle 2005; Cózar et al., 2011; Groves et al., 2012, Kobayashi and Vachard (2022))
Genus
Endothyra discoidea Girty, 1915 † accepted as Zellerinella discoidea (Girty, 1915) † accepted as Endostaffella discoidea (Girty, 1915) † (type by original designation)
Zellerina Mamet, 1970 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior homonym of Zellerina Torre...)
Junior homonym of Zellerina Torre & Galleras, 1958
- Species Zellerinella designata (Zeller, 1953) †
- Species Zellerinella discoidea (Girty, 1915) † accepted as Endostaffella discoidea (Girty, 1915) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Mamet, B. (1981). Note taxonomique sur Zellerinella nomen novum (foraminiferida, eostaffellidae). <em>Geobios.</em> 14(1): 139-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(81)80176-3
page(s): p. 140 [details]
page(s): p. 140 [details]
Diagnosis Test small, discoidal, sides slightly excavated, early stage slightly streptospiral, later planispiral and evolute; wall...
Diagnosis Test small, discoidal, sides slightly excavated, early stage slightly streptospiral, later planispiral and evolute; wall calcareous, microgranular, with differentiated inner and outer layers, secondary deposits form weak pseudochomata; aperture simple, basal. L. Carboniferous (U. Visean to L. Namurian); USA: Arkansas; Southeast Asia: Laos. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Zellerinella Mamet, 1981 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721721 on 2025-05-19
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Mamet, B. (1981). Note taxonomique sur Zellerinella nomen novum (foraminiferida, eostaffellidae). <em>Geobios.</em> 14(1): 139-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(81)80176-3
page(s): p. 140 [details]
basis of record 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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source of synonymy Kobayashi, F.; Vachard, D. (2022). Carboniferous foraminifers and biostratigraphy of lower Akiyoshi Limestone (Japan). <em>Revue de Paléobiologie.</em> 41(2): 99-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6858352
page(s): p. 156 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 140 [details]
basis of record 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]source of synonymy Kobayashi, F.; Vachard, D. (2022). Carboniferous foraminifers and biostratigraphy of lower Akiyoshi Limestone (Japan). <em>Revue de Paléobiologie.</em> 41(2): 99-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6858352
page(s): p. 156 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test small, discoidal, sides slightly excavated, early stage slightly streptospiral, later planispiral and evolute; wall calcareous, microgranular, with differentiated inner and outer layers, secondary deposits form weak pseudochomata; aperture simple, basal. L. Carboniferous (U. Visean to L. Namurian); USA: Arkansas; Southeast Asia: Laos. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]