Foraminifera taxon details
Praebulimina Hofker, 1953 †
721455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721455)
accepted
Genus
Bulimina ovulum Reuss, 1844 † accepted as Bulimina reussi Morrow, 1934 † accepted as Praebulimina reussi (Morrow, 1934) † (type by original designation)
- Species Praebulimina angulata Sliter, 1968 †
- Species Praebulimina arabica Hamam, 1977 †
- Species Praebulimina arkadelphiana (Cushman & Parker, 1935) †
- Species Praebulimina asperoaculeata (Brotzen, 1948) †
- Species Praebulimina atomata Freyman, 1964 †
- Species Praebulimina bantu (de Klasz, Magné & Rérat, 1963) †
- Species Praebulimina carseyae (Plummer, 1931) †
- Species Praebulimina churchi Dailey, 1970 †
- Species Praebulimina corpulenta Mcneil, 1997 †
- Species Praebulimina crebra Štemproková-Jírová, 1977 †
- Species Praebulimina dorohuczensis Gawor-Biedowa, 1992 †
- Species Praebulimina elata Magniez-Jannin, 1975 †
- Species Praebulimina exigua (Cushman & Parker, 1935) †
- Species Praebulimina fang (de Klasz, Magné & Rérat, 1963) †
- Species Praebulimina gravelliniformis Fowler & Braun, 1993 †
- Species Praebulimina hergottensis Ludbrook, 1966 †
- Species Praebulimina heudeberi Nuglisch, 1975 †
- Species Praebulimina innaminckae Ludbrook, 1966 †
- Species Praebulimina kareelensis Ludbrook, 1966 †
- Species Praebulimina kickapooensis (Cole, 1938) †
- Species Praebulimina lajollaensis Sliter, 1968 †
- Species Praebulimina nannina (Tappan, 1940) †
- Species Praebulimina obtusa (d'Orbigny, 1840) †
- Species Praebulimina palestinensis Hamam, 1980 †
- Species Praebulimina parvula (Brotzen, 1948) †
- Species Praebulimina petroleana (Cushman & Hedberg, 1941) †
- Species Praebulimina pusilla (Brotzen, 1936) †
- Species Praebulimina reussi (Morrow, 1934) †
- Species Praebulimina seabeensis Tappan, 1957 †
- Species Praebulimina spinata (Cushman & Campbell, 1935) †
- Species Praebulimina taylorensis (Cushman & Parker, 1935) †
- Species Praebulimina ventricosa (Brotzen, 1936) †
- Species Praebulimina venusae (Nauss, 1947) †
- Species Praebulimina wyomingensis (Fox, 1954) †
- Species Praebulimina aspera (Cushman & Parker, 1940) † accepted as Neobulimina aspera (Cushman & Parker, 1940) †
- Species Praebulimina cushmani (Sandidge, 1932) † accepted as Sitella cushmani (Sandidge, 1932) †
- Species Praebulimina evexa (Loeblich & Tappan, 1949) † accepted as Turrilina evexa (Loeblich & Tappan, 1949) †
- Species Praebulimina hofkeri (Brotzen, 1936) † accepted as Praebulimina carseyae (Plummer, 1931) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Praebulimina imbricata (Reuss, 1851) † accepted as Praeglobobulimina imbricata (Reuss, 1851) † (Opinion of Gawor-Biedowa (1992))
- Species Praebulimina laevis (Beissel, 1891) † accepted as Sitella laevis (Beissel, 1891) †
- Species Praebulimina minima (Tappan, 1940) † accepted as Neobulimina minima Tappan, 1940 †
- Species Praebulimina naqabensis Anan, 2026 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, Name published in an electronic publication unregistered in ZooBank, invalid for nomenclatural purposes according to the 2012 Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)
- Species Praebulimina ovulum (Reuss, 1844) † accepted as Praebulimina reussi (Morrow, 1934) † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Praebulimina prolixa (Cushman & Parker, 1935) † accepted as Pyramidina prolixa (Cushman & Parker, 1935) †
- Species Praebulimina quadrata (Plummer, 1927) † accepted as Bulimina quadrata Plummer, 1927 †
- Species Praebulimina triangularis (Cushman & Parker, 1935) † accepted as Pyramidina triangularis (Cushman & Parker, 1935) †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Hofker, J. (1953). Types of Genera Described in Part III of the "Siboga Foraminifera". <em>The Micropaleontologist.</em> 7(1): 26-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1483812
page(s): p. 27 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 27 [details] Available for editors
Diagnosis Test ovoid, inflated, chambers triserially arranged as in Bulimina, sutures distinct, depressed; wall calcareous, finely...
Diagnosis Test ovoid, inflated, chambers triserially arranged as in Bulimina, sutures distinct, depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, appearing thick and opaque, surface smooth; aperture a loop at the base of the final chamber, a simple internal toothplate bordering one side of the opening and extending within to the margin of the previous apertural foramen. M. Jurassic (Bathonian) to U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Praebulimina Hofker, 1953 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721455 on 2026-09-11
Date
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original description
Hofker, J. (1953). Types of Genera Described in Part III of the "Siboga Foraminifera". <em>The Micropaleontologist.</em> 7(1): 26-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1483812
page(s): p. 27 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Bulimina (Praebulimina) de Klasz, Magné & Rérat, 1963 †) Klasz, I. de; Magné, J.; Rérat, D. (1963). Quelques formes nouvelles de Buliminidae caractéristiques du Crétacé supérieur du Gabon (Afrique. Équatoriale). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 6(3): 145-152. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record 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
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page(s): p. 27 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Bulimina (Praebulimina) de Klasz, Magné & Rérat, 1963 †) Klasz, I. de; Magné, J.; Rérat, D. (1963). Quelques formes nouvelles de Buliminidae caractéristiques du Crétacé supérieur du Gabon (Afrique. Équatoriale). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 6(3): 145-152. [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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
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Diagnosis Test ovoid, inflated, chambers triserially arranged as in Bulimina, sutures distinct, depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, appearing thick and opaque, surface smooth; aperture a loop at the base of the final chamber, a simple internal toothplate bordering one side of the opening and extending within to the margin of the previous apertural foramen. M. Jurassic (Bathonian) to U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]