WoRMS taxon details
Uvigerinidae Haeckel, 1894
- Subfamily Angulogerininae Galloway, 1933
- Genus Trifarina Cushman, 1923
- Genus Angulogerina Cushman, 1927 accepted as Trifarina Cushman, 1923 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1964; majority of workers accept this synonymy today)
- Genus Compressigerina Bermúdez, 1949
- Subfamily Uvigerininae Haeckel, 1894
- Genus Siphouvigerina Parr, 1950
- Genus Uvigerina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Uvigerinella Cushman, 1926
- Genus Aluvigerina Hofker, 1951 accepted as Uvigerina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Name unavailable according to ICZN Arts 13 (b); no type species designated)
- Genus Aluvigerina Thalmann, 1952 accepted as Uvigerina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Objective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Euuvigerina Thalmann, 1952 accepted as Uvigerina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Neouvigerina Thalmann, 1952 accepted as Siphouvigerina Parr, 1950
- Genus Noviuva Vella, 1963 accepted as Uvigerina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Uvigerinatella Anan, 2024 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Name published in an electronic publication unregistered in ZooBank, invalid for nomenclatural purposes according to the 2012 Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Haeckel, E., (1894), Systematische Phylogenie. Entwurf eines Natürlichen Systems der Organismen auf Grund ihrer Stammesgeschichte. Theil1, Systematische Phylogenie der Protisten und Pflanzen. Berlin: Georg Reimer, available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/19949874 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Uvigerinidae Haeckel, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111954 on 2026-06-02
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Nomenclature
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Haeckel, E., (1894), Systematische Phylogenie. Entwurf eines Natürlichen Systems der Organismen auf Grund ihrer Stammesgeschichte. Theil1, Systematische Phylogenie der Protisten und Pflanzen. Berlin: Georg Reimer, available online at https://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/titleinfo/19949874 [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]
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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. <em>Marine Micropaleontology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002 [details] Available for editors 
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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]
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Diagnosis Test triserial to biserial in early stage, later may be biserial or tend to become uniserial, although commonly with oblique sutures; aperture terminal on a neck, internal toothplate connecting aperture and foramina of successive chambers. Paleocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
