Foraminifera taxon details
Parafrondicularia Asano, 1938 †
112264 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112264)
accepted
Genus
- Species Parafrondicularia antonina (Karrer, 1878) †
- Species Parafrondicularia herrerae (Bermúdez, 1937) †
- Species Parafrondicularia wairarapa Vella, 1963 †
- Species Parafrondicularia whitei (Martin, 1943)
- Species Parafrondicularia advena (Cushman, 1923) † accepted as Mucronina advena (Cushman, 1923) † accepted as Mucronina compressa (Costa, 1855) †
- Species Parafrondicularia helenae Chapman, 1941 † accepted as Plectofrondicularia helenae (Chapman, 1941) † accepted as Mucronina helenae (Chapman, 1941) †
- Species Parafrondicularia japonica Asano, 1938 † accepted as Parafrondicularia antonina (Karrer, 1878) †
- Species Parafrondicularia javana Boomgaart, 1949 † accepted as Mucronina javana (Boomgaart, 1949) † accepted as Proxifrons javana (Boomgaart, 1949) accepted as Mucronina advena (Cushman, 1923) † accepted as Mucronina compressa (Costa, 1855) †
- Species Parafrondicularia miocenica (Cushman, 1926) † accepted as Mucronina miocenica (Cushman, 1926) †
- Species Parafrondicularia striata (Hantken, 1875) † accepted as Mucronina striata (d'Orbigny, 1826) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Asano, K. (1938). Japanese fossil Nodosariidae, with notes on the Frondiculariidae. <em>Science Reports of Tohoku Imperial, ser. 2 (Geology).</em> 19(2):179-220., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10097/30272
page(s): p. 187, 189 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test elongate, lanceolate, flattened but ovate in section, early chambers biserial, later uniserial, rectilinear, chevron...
Diagnosis Test elongate, lanceolate, flattened but ovate in section, early chambers biserial, later uniserial, rectilinear, chevron shaped, sutures slightly depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface with numerous fine longitudinal costae; aperture terminal, radiate. L. Eocene to Holocene; New Zealand; Australia; Japan; Indonesia; USA: California, South Carolina; Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Parafrondicularia Asano, 1938 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112264 on 2026-02-23
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Asano, K. (1938). Japanese fossil Nodosariidae, with notes on the Frondiculariidae. <em>Science Reports of Tohoku Imperial, ser. 2 (Geology).</em> 19(2):179-220., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10097/30272
page(s): p. 187, 189 [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]
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 Hayward, B.W., Kawagata, S., Sabaa, A.T., Grenfell, H.R., van Kerckhoven, L., Johnson, K., and Thomas, E., 2012. The last global extinction (Mid-Pleistocene) of deep-sea benthic foraminifera (Chrysalogoniidae, Ellipsoidinidae, Glandulonodosariidae, Plectofrondiculariidae, Pleursostomellidae, Stilostomellidae), their Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic history and taxonomy: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication, v. 43, p. 408., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256078664 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 187, 189 [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]
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 Hayward, B.W., Kawagata, S., Sabaa, A.T., Grenfell, H.R., van Kerckhoven, L., Johnson, K., and Thomas, E., 2012. The last global extinction (Mid-Pleistocene) of deep-sea benthic foraminifera (Chrysalogoniidae, Ellipsoidinidae, Glandulonodosariidae, Plectofrondiculariidae, Pleursostomellidae, Stilostomellidae), their Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic history and taxonomy: Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research Special Publication, v. 43, p. 408., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256078664 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test elongate, lanceolate, flattened but ovate in section, early chambers biserial, later uniserial, rectilinear, chevron shaped, sutures slightly depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface with numerous fine longitudinal costae; aperture terminal, radiate. L. Eocene to Holocene; New Zealand; Australia; Japan; Indonesia; USA: California, South Carolina; Mexico. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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![Parafrondicularia antonina (Karrer, 1878) (fig. 7) Plectofrondicularia californica Cushman & Stewart, 1926 (fig. 6) [Plectofrondicularia helenae sensu Jones (1994)]](https://images.marinespecies.org/thumbs/35586_parafrondicularia-antonina-karrer-1878-fig-7.jpg?w=140 "Parafrondicularia antonina (Karrer, 1878) (fig. 7) Plectofrondicularia californica Cushman & Stewart, 1926 (fig. 6) [Plectofrondicularia helenae sensu Jones (1994)]")
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