WoRMS taxon details
Metapolymorphina charlottensis (Cushman, 1925)
760043 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:760043)
accepted
Species
Polymorphina biserialis Galloway & Wissler, 1927 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Cushman and Ozawa (1930)
Polymorphina charlottensis Cushman, 1925 · unaccepted (Type species of Metapolymorphina)
Polymorphina elongata Galloway & Wissler, 1927 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Cushman and Ozawa (1930)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Polymorphina charlottensis Cushman, 1925) Cushman, J.A. (1925). Recent Foraminifera from British Columbia. <em>Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Res.</em> 1: 38-47., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/1cclfr2.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Metapolymorphina charlottensis (Cushman, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=760043 on 2026-03-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polymorphina charlottensis Cushman, 1925) Cushman, J.A. (1925). Recent Foraminifera from British Columbia. <em>Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Res.</em> 1: 38-47., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/1cclfr2.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Polymorphina biserialis Galloway & Wissler, 1927 †) Galloway, J. J.; Wissler, S. G. (1927). Pleistocene Foraminifera from the Lomita Quarry Palos Verdes Hills, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 1: 35-87. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Polymorphina elongata Galloway & Wissler, 1927 †) Galloway, J. J.; Wissler, S. G. (1927). Pleistocene Foraminifera from the Lomita Quarry Palos Verdes Hills, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 1: 35-87. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Polymorphina biserialis Galloway & Wissler, 1927 †) Galloway, J. J.; Wissler, S. G. (1927). Pleistocene Foraminifera from the Lomita Quarry Palos Verdes Hills, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 1: 35-87. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Polymorphina elongata Galloway & Wissler, 1927 †) Galloway, J. J.; Wissler, S. G. (1927). Pleistocene Foraminifera from the Lomita Quarry Palos Verdes Hills, California. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 1: 35-87. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection (from synonym Polymorphina biserialis Galloway & Wissler, 1927 †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polymorphina charlottensis Cushman, 1925)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Polymorphina charlottensis USNM CC 2140a holotype) (from synonym Polymorphina charlottensis Cushman, 1925)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Polymorphina charlottensis Cushman, 1925)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Polymorphina charlottensis USNM CC 2140a holotype) (from synonym Polymorphina charlottensis Cushman, 1925)
