WoRMS taxon details
Wiesnerella Cushman, 1933
416146 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416146)
accepted
Genus
Planispirina auriculata Egger, 1893 accepted as Wiesnerella auriculata (Egger, 1893) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Wiesnerella Cushman, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416146 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 33 pl. 3 fig. 7-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 33 pl. 3 fig. 7-9 [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test flattened, ovate in outline, periphery carinate, early stage planispirally enrolled to low trochospiral, whorls overlapping more on one side than the opposite; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous, surface smooth; aperture a broad opening at the end of the final chamber, slightly turned toward the more evolute side of the test, bordered by a broad everted lip. Holocene; Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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