WoRMS taxon details
Pseudoparrella Cushman & Ten Dam, 1948
520953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520953)
accepted
Genus
Pulvinulinella subperuviana Cushman, 1926 accepted as Pseudoparrella subperuviana (Cushman, 1926) (type by original designation)
Peschongia McCulloch, 1977 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Pseudoparella Cushman & Ten Dam, 1948 · unaccepted (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
Pulvinulinella Cushman, 1926 · unaccepted (Junior homonym of Pulvinulinella...)
Junior homonym of Pulvinulinella Eimer & Fickert, 1899 = Cancris
- Species Pseudoparrella bikiniensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Pseudoparrella bradyana (Cushman, 1927)
- Species Pseudoparrella hyalina Hofker, 1956
- Species Pseudoparrella pacifica (Cushman, 1927)
- Species Pseudoparrella parca Clark, 1994
- Species Pseudoparrella subperuviana (Cushman, 1926)
- Species Pseudoparrella takayanagii (Iwasa, 1955)
- Species Pseudoparrella zhengae Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Pseudoparrella decorata Phleger & Parker, 1951 accepted as Nuttallides decorata (Phleger & Parker, 1951) (Opinion of Lobegeier and Gupta, (2008))
- Species Pseudoparrella exigua (Brady, 1884) accepted as Epistominella exigua (Brady, 1884) (Majority popular usage, 2014)
- Species Pseudoparrella naraensis Kuwano, 1950 accepted as Epistominella naraensis (Kuwano, 1950) (Opinion of Matoba (1967))
- Species Pseudoparrella nipponica (Kuwano in Matoba, 1967) accepted as Eilohedra nipponica (Kuwano in Matoba, 1967)
- Species Pseudoparrella rugosa Phleger & Parker, 1951 accepted as Nuttallides rugosus (Phleger & Parker, 1951) accepted as Osangularielloides rugosus (Phleger & Parker, 1951) (superseded original combination)
- Species Pseudoparrella tamana Kuwano, 1950 accepted as Epistominella tamana (Kuwano, 1950) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Matsunaga (1963))
- Species Pseudoparrella vitrea (Parker, 1953) accepted as Eilohedra vitrea (Parker, 1953)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Cushman, J. A.; ten Dam, A. (1948). Pseudoparrella, a new generic name, and a new species of Parrella. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 24(3): 49-50., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Portals/0/pdf/pubarchive/cclfr/24cclfr3.pdf
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Pseudoparrella Cushman & Ten Dam, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520953 on 2026-02-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J. A.; ten Dam, A. (1948). Pseudoparrella, a new generic name, and a new species of Parrella. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 24(3): 49-50., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Portals/0/pdf/pubarchive/cclfr/24cclfr3.pdf
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original description (of Peschongia McCulloch, 1977) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pulvinulinella Cushman, 1926) Cushman, J.A. 1926. Foraminifera of the typical Monterey of California. Contribution from the Cushman Laboratory for foraminiferal Research 2: 53-69., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/2cclfr3.pdf
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[request]original description (of Peschongia McCulloch, 1977) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pulvinulinella Cushman, 1926) Cushman, J.A. 1926. Foraminifera of the typical Monterey of California. Contribution from the Cushman Laboratory for foraminiferal Research 2: 53-69., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/2cclfr3.pdf
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source of synonymy
Cushman, J. A.; ten Dam, A. (1948). Pseudoparrella, a new generic name, and a new species of Parrella. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 24(3): 49-50., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Portals/0/pdf/pubarchive/cclfr/24cclfr3.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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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]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test small to medium in size, circular in outline, biconvex, trochospiral and tightly coiled, two and a half to three whorls, spiral side evolute, sutures strongly oblique and straight to curved, only the eight to nine chambers of the final whorl visible on the involute umbilical side, sutures gently curved to nearly radial around the closed umbilicus, periphery angular but noncarinate; wall calcareous, optically radial, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture a narrow and straight interiomarginal and subequatorial slit extending up the face of the final chamber on the umbilical side, bordered by a narrow lip. Oligocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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