Foraminifera name details

Melonites Lamarck, 1812

Alveolina melo sensu Cushman (1917) after Brady (1884)
Alveolina melo sensu Cushman (1917) after Brady (1884)

823779  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:823779)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Tubothalamea (Class)
  7. Miliolida (Order)
  8. Miliolina (Suborder)
  9. Alveolinoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Alveolinidae (Family)
  11. Melonites (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
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  1. Species Melonites sphaerica Lamarck, 1816 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Rögl and Hansen (1984))
  2. Species Melonites sphaeroidea Lamarck, 1816 † accepted as Pseudostaffella sphaeroidea (Lamarck, 1816) †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Lamarck, J. B. de. (1812). Extrait du cours de zoologie du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sur les animaux sans vertèbres; présentant la distribution et la classification de ces animaux, les caractères des principales divisions, et une simple liste des genres; a l'usage de ceux qui suivent ce cours. [Extract from the zoology course of the Natural History Museum, on animals without vertebrae; presenting the distribution and classification of these animals, the characteristics of the principal divisions, and a simple list of the genera; for the use of those following this course]. <em>Paris, D'Hautel.</em> 1-127., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10431#/summary [details] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Melonites Lamarck, 1812. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=823779 on 2026-02-26
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original description Lamarck, J. B. de. (1812). Extrait du cours de zoologie du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sur les animaux sans vertèbres; présentant la distribution et la classification de ces animaux, les caractères des principales divisions, et une simple liste des genres; a l'usage de ceux qui suivent ce cours. [Extract from the zoology course of the Natural History Museum, on animals without vertebrae; presenting the distribution and classification of these animals, the characteristics of the principal divisions, and a simple list of the genera; for the use of those following this course]. <em>Paris, D'Hautel.</em> 1-127., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10431#/summary [details] 
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