Foraminifera taxon details
Epistominidae Wedekind, 1937
- Subfamily Epistomininae Wedekind, 1937
- Genus Carlsiella Vespermann, 1998 †
- Genus Epistomina Terquem, 1883 †
- Genus Epistominita Grigelis, 1960 †
- Genus Mironovella Dain, 1970 †
- Genus Pseudoepistominella Kuznetsova, 1958 †
- Genus Rectoepistominoides Grigelis, 1960 †
- Genus Brotzenia Hofker, 1954 † accepted as Epistomina Terquem, 1883 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Hiltermannia Hofker, 1954 † accepted as Epistomina Terquem, 1883 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Kaptarenkoella Antonova & Kasimova, 1985 † accepted as Epistomina Terquem, 1883 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Voorthuysenia Hofker, 1954 † accepted as Epistomina Terquem, 1883 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Subfamily Epistominoidinae Saidova, 1981 †
- Subfamily Garantellinae Grigelis, 1977 †
- Genus Hoeglundina Brotzen, 1948
- Genus Pulvinalina accepted as Pulvinulina Parker & Jones in Carpenter et al., 1862 accepted as Eponides Montfort, 1808
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wedekind, R. (1937). Einführung in die Grundlagen der historischen Geologie.II. Mikrobiostratigraphie. Die Korallen- und Foraminiferenzeit. <em>Ferdinand Enke Verlag.</em> 8: 1-136. [details]
Diagnosis Test with predominantly sinistral trochospiral coiling, chambers subdivided by an internal partition that attaches to the...
Diagnosis Test with predominantly sinistral trochospiral coiling, chambers subdivided by an internal partition that attaches to the dorsal lip of the aperture; aperture a slit on peripheral margin, closed by clear shell material in older chambers. L. Jurassic to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Epistominidae Wedekind, 1937. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111923 on 2025-11-12
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Wedekind, R. (1937). Einführung in die Grundlagen der historischen Geologie.II. Mikrobiostratigraphie. Die Korallen- und Foraminiferenzeit. <em>Ferdinand Enke Verlag.</em> 8: 1-136. [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [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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basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [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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Diagnosis Test with predominantly sinistral trochospiral coiling, chambers subdivided by an internal partition that attaches to the dorsal lip of the aperture; aperture a slit on peripheral margin, closed by clear shell material in older chambers. L. Jurassic to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
