WoRMS taxon details
Ammopemphix Loeblich, 1952
112358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112358)
accepted
Genus
Urnula quadrupla Wiesner, 1931 accepted as Ammopemphix quadrupla (Wiesner, 1931) (type by original designation)
Urnula Wiesner, 1931 · unaccepted (Junior homonym of Urnula...)
Junior homonym of Urnula Claparède & Lachmann, 1857 a genus of Ciliophora
- Species Ammopemphix arctica (Cushman, 1933)
- Species Ammopemphix hemisphaericus Waśkowska & Kaminski, 2018
- Species Ammopemphix quadrupla (Wiesner, 1931)
- Species Ammopemphix lacustris Haman & Marolt, 1985 accepted as Lacustrinella lacustris (Haman & Marolt, 1985) (Type species of Lacustrinella)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Loeblich, A. R. (1952). Ammopemphix new name for the Recent foraminiferal genus Urnula, Wiesner. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(3): 82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697416
page(s): p. 82 [details]
page(s): p. 82 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Ammopemphix Loeblich, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112358 on 2026-09-27
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Martinez, Olga
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Nomenclature
original description
Loeblich, A. R. (1952). Ammopemphix new name for the Recent foraminiferal genus Urnula, Wiesner. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 42(3): 82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39697416
page(s): p. 82 [details]
original description (of Urnula Wiesner, 1931) Wiesner, H. (1931). Die Foraminiferen der deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, Berlin (Zoology).</em> 20: 53-165. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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. 82 [details]
original description (of Urnula Wiesner, 1931) Wiesner, H. (1931). Die Foraminiferen der deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, Berlin (Zoology).</em> 20: 53-165. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Other
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test attached, consisting of up to four nearly equal sized hemispherical chambers, commonly symmetrically arranged, each nearly circular in outline; wall finely agglutinated, white to yellowish in color, smoothly finished, attachment wall very thin, delicate, and translucent and may break when loosened from the attachment so that chambers appear open ventrally; a single small, rounded aperture at the apex of each chamber. Holocene; Antarctic; Arctic. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Urnula) (from synonym Urnula Wiesner, 1931)
To Genbank (from synonym Urnula Wiesner, 1931)
To Genbank (from synonym Urnula Wiesner, 1931)
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
