WoRMS taxon details
Frondicularia Defrance in d'Orbigny, 1826
112247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112247)
accepted
Genus
Renulina complanata Defrance in Blainville, 1824 † accepted as Frondicularia complanata (Defrance in Blainville, 1824) (type by subsequent designation)
Frondicularia (Frondicularia) Defrance, 1826 † · alternative representation
Pleiona Franzenau, 1889 · unaccepted (Junior homonym of Pleiona...)
Junior homonym of Pleiona Detrolle, 1864
- Species Frondicularia affinis Terquem & Terquem, 1886 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Frondicularia affinis Neugeboren, 1850)
- Species Frondicularia arubaensis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Frondicularia arubiana McCulloch, 1981
- Species Frondicularia astricta McCulloch, 1981
- Species Frondicularia basseniformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Frondicularia bermaguiensis Yassini & Jones, 1995
- Species Frondicularia boomgaarti Hofker, 1978
- Species Frondicularia californica Cushman & McCulloch, 1950
- Species Frondicularia collecta McCulloch, 1981
- Species Frondicularia complanata (Defrance in Blainville, 1824)
- Species Frondicularia gigas Church, 1929
- Species Frondicularia glabrans Cushman, 1931
- Species Frondicularia longistriata Cushman, 1921
- Species Frondicularia neocompressa McCulloch, 1981
- Species Frondicularia pacifica Sidebottom, 1918
- Species Frondicularia paucicostata Hofker, 1978
- Species Frondicularia philippinensis Cushman, 1921
- Species Frondicularia plicata Cushman, 1921 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Frondicularia plicata Costa Ms., 1895)
- Species Frondicularia pupa d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Frondicularia pygmaea Sidebottom, 1907
- Species Frondicularia repanda Cushman, 1913
- Species Frondicularia sagittula van den Broeck, 1876
- Species Frondicularia scottii Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922
- Species Frondicularia sidebottomi Cushman, 1923
- Species Frondicularia spathulata Williamson, 1858
- Species Frondicularia terminata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Frondicularia translucens Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913
- Species Frondicularia amaena Terquem, 1880 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975))
- Species Frondicularia splendens Terquem, 1875 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975))
- Subgenus Frondicularia (Flabellina) Rzehak, 1891 accepted as Flabellina d'Orbigny, 1839 † accepted as Neoflabellina Bartenstein, 1948 † (Nomen translatum)
- Species Frondicularia alata d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Frondicularia complanata (Defrance in Blainville, 1824)
- Species Frondicularia bassensis Parr, 1950 accepted as Pseudolingulina bassensis (Parr, 1950)
- Species Frondicularia bikiniensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Torulumbonina bikiniensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Frondicularia bradii (Silvestri, 1903) accepted as Pseudolingulina bradii (Silvestri, 1903) (Opinion of Jones (2013))
- Species Frondicularia bradyi Cushman, 1913 accepted as Frondicularia kiensis Barker, 1960 accepted as Pseudolingulina kiensis (Barker, 1960) (Secondary junior homonym of F. bradii (Silvestri, 1903))
- Species Frondicularia compta Brady, 1879 accepted as Pseudolingulina compta (Brady, 1879) (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan (1994))
- Species Frondicularia kiensis Barker, 1960 accepted as Pseudolingulina kiensis (Barker, 1960) (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan (1994))
- Species Frondicularia millettii Brady, 1884 accepted as Pseudolingulina millettii (Brady, 1884) (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan (1994))
- Species Frondicularia rhomboidalis d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Frondicularia complanata (Defrance in Blainville, 1824) (junior synonym)
- Species Frondicularia rhomboidalis d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Frondicularia rhomboidalis d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Frondicularia complanata (Defrance in Blainville, 1824) (Nomen nudum)
- Species Frondicularia robusta Brady, 1884 accepted as Palmula robusta (Brady, 1884) accepted as Pseudolingulina robusta (Brady, 1884)
- Species Frondicularia scotti Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922 accepted as Frondicularia scottii Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Frondicularia spathulata Brady, 1879 accepted as Frondicularia kiensis Barker, 1960 accepted as Pseudolingulina kiensis (Barker, 1960) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of F. spathulata Williamson, 1858)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 256 [details]
page(s): p. 256 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Frondicularia Defrance in d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112247 on 2026-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 256 [details]
original description (of Pleiona Franzenau, 1889) Franzenau, A. (1889). Pleiona n. gen. a foraminiferák rendjében és a Chilostomella eximia n. sp.-ről. <em>Termeszetrajzi Füzetek, Budapest.</em> 11[1888]: 146-147, 203-204., available online at http://epa.oszk.hu/02300/02370/00031/pdf/EPA02370_termszetrajzif1888vol11_03-04_146-147.pdf
page(s): p. 147 [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]
page(s): p. 256 [details]
original description (of Pleiona Franzenau, 1889) Franzenau, A. (1889). Pleiona n. gen. a foraminiferák rendjében és a Chilostomella eximia n. sp.-ről. <em>Termeszetrajzi Füzetek, Budapest.</em> 11[1888]: 146-147, 203-204., available online at http://epa.oszk.hu/02300/02370/00031/pdf/EPA02370_termszetrajzif1888vol11_03-04_146-147.pdf
page(s): p. 147 [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]
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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 
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Diagnosis Test flattened, palmate to lanceolate, chambers broad, low, equitant, sutures highly arched to angled at the midline of the test; wall calcareous, perforate, thickened in the region of the aperture, surface smooth, aperture terminal, radiate, may be slightly produced. M. Jurassic to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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