Foraminifera taxon details
Staffella Ozawa, 1925 †
721879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721879)
accepted
Genus
Fusulina sphaerica Abich, 1859 † accepted as Staffella sphaerica (Abich, 1859) † (type by original designation)
Fusulinella (Staffella) Lee & Chen, 1930 † · unaccepted (Nom. trans.)
- Species Staffella akagoensis Toriyama, 1958 †
- Species Staffella arakeljani Rauzer-Chernousova, 1965 †
- Species Staffella batangica Zhang, 1982 †
- Species Staffella bella Yang, 1978 †
- Species Staffella breimeri van Ginkel, 1965 †
- Species Staffella centralis Thompson & Miller, 1944 †
- Species Staffella ciryi Skinner & Wilde, 1967 †
- Species Staffella clara Lin, 1984 †
- Species Staffella concava Chen & Wang, 1983 †
- Species Staffella dahinganlingensis Han, 1980 †
- Species Staffella depressa Thompson, 1948 †
- Species Staffella discoides Liu, Dong & Xiao, 1978 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Staffella discoides Lee, 1931)
- Species Staffella dushanensis Gung, 1966 †
- Species Staffella elegantula Kochansky-Devidé, 1965 †
- Species Staffella eximia Lin, 1984 †
- Species Staffella expansa Thompson, 1947 †
- Species Staffella fountaini Dunbar & Skinner, 1937 †
- Species Staffella gigantea Zhang & Wang, 1974 †
- Species Staffella globosa Chang in Sheng & Sun, 1975 †
- Species Staffella glomerosa Da in Da & Sun, 1983 †
- Species Staffella guizhouensis Zhang, 1974 †
- Species Staffella hezhangensis Liu, Dong & Xiao, 1978 †
- Species Staffella huagongensis Zhang & Dong in Xiao et al., 1986 †
- Species Staffella huapingensis Yang, 1978 †
- Species Staffella incerta Ektova, 1976 †
- Species Staffella iniqua Lin, 1984 †
- Species Staffella jiaogensis Zhang, 1982 †
- Species Staffella junglensis Ross, 1967 †
- Species Staffella lacunosa Dunbar & Skinner, 1937 †
- Species Staffella leei Dutkevich, 1934 †
- Species Staffella longmenshanensis Yang, 1978 †
- Species Staffella mutabilis Lin, 1977 †
- Species Staffella nana Li, 1977 †
- Species Staffella ovalis Igo, Ueno & Sashida, 1993 †
- Species Staffella paraumbilicaris Yang, 1978 †
- Species Staffella powwowensis Thompson, 1948 †
- Species Staffella quasimutabilis Li, 1977 †
- Species Staffella rabanalensis van Ginkel, 1965 †
- Species Staffella shazipoensis Zhang, Zhou & Sheng, 2010 †
- Species Staffella shuichengensis Zhang, Zhou & Sheng, 2010 †
- Species Staffella sphaerica (Abich, 1859) †
- Species Staffella sphaerulinaeformis Li, 1977 †
- Species Staffella subacuta Dunbar, 1944 †
- Species Staffella subglobosa Sun in Ding et al., 1987 †
- Species Staffella suborientalis Rozovskaya, 1965 †
- Species Staffella subsphaerica Kobayashi, 2017 †
- Species Staffella succincta Lin, 1977 †
- Species Staffella transiens Kochansky-Devidé, 1965 †
- Species Staffella tunetana Skinner & Wilde, 1967 †
- Species Staffella umbilicaris Sheng & Sun, 1975 †
- Species Staffella valida Yang, 1978 †
- Species Staffella volieosis Chen & Wang, 1983 †
- Species Staffella vulgaris Zhou in Xie, 1982 †
- Species Staffella xainzensis Wang & Zhou, 1986 †
- Species Staffella xiushuiensis Zhang, 1982 †
- Species Staffella yangtiantangensis Wang, 1982 †
- Species Staffella yanshanensis Chen, Yang, Wang & Zhang, 1991 †
- Species Staffella yaziensis Wang & Sun, 1973 †
- Species Staffella yobarensis Ozawa, 1925 †
- Species Staffella formosa Harlton, 1928 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Species dubia Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Staffella texana Harlton, 1928 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Opinion of Thompson (1935), Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Subgenus Staffella (Eostaffella) Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948 † accepted as Eostaffella Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948 † (Opinion of Vissianorova (1948) Nomen translatum)
- Species Staffella (Eostaffella) kasakhstanica Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948 † accepted as Millerella kasakhstanica (Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948) † (Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Staffella (Eostaffella) parastruvei Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948 † accepted as Eostaffella parastruvei (Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948) †
- Species Staffella (Eostaffella) prisca Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948 † accepted as Eostaffella prisca (Rauzer-Chernousova, 1948) †
- Subgenus Staffella (Orobias) Brazhnikova, 1939 † accepted as Orobias Eichwald, 1859 † (Nom. trans.)
- Species Staffella (Orobias) nikitovkensis Brazhnikova, 1939 † accepted as Ozawainella nikitovkensis (Brazhnikova, 1939) † (Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966), Rozovskaya (1975))
- Species Staffella antiqua Dutkevich, 1934 † accepted as Pseudostaffella antiqua (Dutkevich, 1934) † (Opinion of Grozdilova and Lebedeva (1950))
- Species Staffella atokensis Thompson, 1935 † accepted as Pseudostaffella atokensis (Thomson, 1935) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Thompson (1942), Rozovskaya (1975))
- Species Staffella chaputi Ciry, 1939 † accepted as Nankinella chaputi (Ciry, 1939) † (Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Staffella ciscoensis Harlton, 1928 † accepted as Ozawainella ciscoensis (Harlton, 1928) † (Opinion of Marple (1955), Kahler and Kahler (1966), and Rozovskaya (1975))
- Species Staffella compressa Rauzer-Chernousova, 1938 † accepted as Pseudostaffella compressa (Rauzer-Chernousova, 1938) †
- Species Staffella dagmarae Dutkevich, 1934 † accepted as Pseudoendothyra dagmarae (Dutkevich, 1934) † (Opinion of Rozovskaya (1963), Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Staffella deprati (Yabe, 1920) † accepted as Nankinella deprati (Yabe, 1920) †
- Species Staffella discoides Lee, 1931 † accepted as Nankinella discoides (Lee, 1931) † (Type species of Nankinella)
- Species Staffella haymanaensis Ciry, 1939 † accepted as Sphaerulina haymanaensis (Ciry, 1939) † (Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Staffella hollingsworthi Thompson, 1935 † accepted as Pseudostaffella hollingsworthi (Thomson, 1935) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Thompson (1942), Rozovskaya (1975))
- Species Staffella inflata (Colani, 1924) † accepted as Nankinella inflata (Colani, 1924) †
- Species Staffella ivanovi Dutkevich, 1934 † accepted as Pseudoendothyra ivanovi (Dutkevich, 1934) † (Opinion of Rozovskaya (1963), Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Staffella keytei Roth & Skinner, 1930 † accepted as Pseudostaffella keytei (Roth & Skinner, 1930) † (Opinion of Thompson (1942), Rozovskaya (1975))
- Species Staffella mathildae Dutkevich, 1934 † accepted as Pseudoendothyra mathildae (Dutkevich, 1934) † (Opinion of Rozovskaya (1963), Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Staffella mochaensis van Ginkel, 1965 † accepted as Palaeostaffella mochaensis (van Ginkel, 1965) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Leven and Davydov (2001))
- Species Staffella moellerana Thompson, 1935 † accepted as Staffella sphaerica (Abich, 1859) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Baulina (1963))
- Species Staffella moelleri Ozawa, 1925 † accepted as Palaeostaffella moelleri (Ozawa, 1925) † (Type species of Palaeostaffella)
- Species Staffella ozawai (Lee & Chen, 1930) † accepted as Neostaffella ozawai (Lee & Chen, 1930) † (Opinion of Leven (2009))
- Species Staffella paradoxa Dutkevich, 1934 † accepted as Hanostaffella paradoxa (Dutkevich, 1934) † accepted as Neostaffella paradoxa (Dutkevich, 1934) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Type species of Hanostaffella)
- Species Staffella preobrajenskyi Dutkevich, 1934 † accepted as Parastaffella preobrajenskyi (Dutkevich, 1934) † accepted as Pseudoendothyra preobrajenskyi (Dutkevich, 1934) † accepted as Reitlingerina preobrajenskyi (Dutkevich, 1934) †
- Species Staffella pseudosphaeroidea Dutkevich, 1934 † accepted as Parastaffelloides pseudosphaeroidea (Dutkevich, 1934) † (Type species of Parastaffelloides)
- Species Staffella pseudostruvei Rauzer-Chernousova & Belyaev, 1936 † accepted as Eostaffella pseudostruvei (Rauzer-Chernousova & Belyaev, 1936) †
- Species Staffella rotundata Saurin, 1950 † accepted as Reitlingerina rotundata (Saurin, 1950) † (Opinion of Rauzer-Chernousova (1985))
- Species Staffella umbilicata (Colani, 1924) † accepted as Pseudoendothyra umbilicata (Colani, 1924) †
- Species Staffella umbilicata Putrya in Putrya & Leontovich, 1948 † accepted as Pseudostaffella umbilicata (Putrya in Putrya & Leontovich, 1948) † accepted as Neostaffella umbilicata (Putrya in Putrya & Leontovich, 1948) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Putrya (1956), Rozovskaya (1975))
- Species Staffella vulgaris Zhou, 1984 † accepted as Staffella vulgaris Zhou in Xie, 1982 † (Already published.)
- Species Staffella waageni (Schwager, 1887) † accepted as Nankinella waageni (Schwager, 1887) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Staffella zisongzhengensis (Sheng, 1963) † accepted as Sphaerulina zisongzhengensis Sheng, 1963 † (Opinion of Chang et al. (2012))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Ozawa, Y. (1925). Paleontological and Stratigraphical Studies on the Permo-Carboniferous Limestone of Nagato. Part 2. Paleontology. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 45 (art. 6): 1-90., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2261/32945
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors
Diagnosis Test small, lenticular to subspherical, periphery broadly rounded, relatively short axis of coiling of up to 4.5 mm,...
Diagnosis Test small, lenticular to subspherical, periphery broadly rounded, relatively short axis of coiling of up to 4.5 mm, umbilici slightly depressed; wall of tectum, diaphanotheca, and upper and lower tectoria, tunnel low and narrow with somewhat irregular path, strongly developed and asymmetrical chomata more than one-half the height of the chambers extend laterally about half the distance to the poles. L. Permian (Artinskian) to M. Permian (Kungurian), Guadalupian; USSR; China; Japan; Turkey; Greece; Yugoslavia; USA: Texas; Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Staffella Ozawa, 1925 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721879 on 2026-01-31
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original description
Ozawa, Y. (1925). Paleontological and Stratigraphical Studies on the Permo-Carboniferous Limestone of Nagato. Part 2. Paleontology. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo.</em> 45 (art. 6): 1-90., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2261/32945
page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Fusulinella (Staffella) Lee & Chen, 1930 †) Lee, J. S.; Chen, S.; Chu, S. (1930). The Huanglung Limestone and its fauna. <em>National Research Institute of Geology, Memoirs.</em> 9: 85-143. [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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page(s): p. 24 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Fusulinella (Staffella) Lee & Chen, 1930 †) Lee, J. S.; Chen, S.; Chu, S. (1930). The Huanglung Limestone and its fauna. <em>National Research Institute of Geology, Memoirs.</em> 9: 85-143. [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
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test small, lenticular to subspherical, periphery broadly rounded, relatively short axis of coiling of up to 4.5 mm, umbilici slightly depressed; wall of tectum, diaphanotheca, and upper and lower tectoria, tunnel low and narrow with somewhat irregular path, strongly developed and asymmetrical chomata more than one-half the height of the chambers extend laterally about half the distance to the poles. L. Permian (Artinskian) to M. Permian (Kungurian), Guadalupian; USSR; China; Japan; Turkey; Greece; Yugoslavia; USA: Texas; Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]