WoRMS taxon details
Nummulitidae Blainville, 1827
- Genus Assilina d'Orbigny, 1839
- Genus Bassiounina Boukhary, 1998 †
- Genus Bozorgniella Rahaghi, 1973 †
- Genus Cycloclypeus W.B. Carpenter, 1856
- Genus Hanschaubiana Boukhary, Hussein-Kamel & Abd El Naby, 2013 †
- Genus Heterocyclina Hottinger, 1977
- Genus Heterostegina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Nemkovites Ashurov, 1990 †
- Genus Neonummulites Mukhopadhyay, 2017 †
- Genus Nephronummulites Mitchell, E. Robinson & Özcan in Mitchell et al., 2022 †
- Genus Nummulites Lamarck, 1801
- Genus Operculina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Operculinella Yabe, 1918
- Genus Planoperculina Hottinger, 1977
- Genus Planostegina Banner & Hodgkinson, 1991
- Genus Radiocycloclypeus Tan, 1932 †
- Genus Ranikothalia Caudri, 1944 †
- Genus Spiroclypeus Douvillé, 1905 †
- Genus Tansinhokella Banner & Hodgkinson, 1991 †
- Genus Anastegina Vitális-Zilahy, 1966 accepted as Operculina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Arxina Boukhary, Hussein & Al-Sayigh, 2012 † accepted as Assilina d'Orbigny, 1839 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Romero et al. (1999), Özcan et al. (2019), Zakrevskaya et al. (2020))
- Genus Blondeauina Boukhary, Abdelghany & Hussein-Kamel, 2010 † accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Sztrákos and Steurbaut (2017) [Nummulites bouillei constantly used])
- Genus Bruguieria Prever, 1902 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Genus Camerina Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (nom. suppress.: ICZN Op. 192)
- Genus Caudrina Haynes, Racey & Whittaker, 2010 † accepted as Ranikothalia Caudri, 1944 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Serra-Kiel et al. (2020), Pignatti (2021) pers. comm.)
- Genus Craterocamerina Omara & Kenawy, 1979 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Discospira Morris in Mantell, 1850 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987) No species included)
- Genus Egeon Montfort, 1808 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Eoassilina S.N. Singh, 1957 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Gaziryina Muftah & Boukhary, 2013 † accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Grzybowskia Bieda, 1950 accepted as Heterostegina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Helicites Blainville, 1824 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Err. emend.)
- Genus Heteroclypeus Schubert, 1906 accepted as Cycloclypeus W.B. Carpenter, 1856 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Laharpeia Prever, 1902 † accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Genus Neoassilina Holzmann, Hohenegger, Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil, Morard, Abramovich, Titelboim & Pawlowski, 2022 accepted as Neooperculinoides Golev, 1961 accepted as Assilina d'Orbigny, 1839 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, Objective junior synonym [same type species])
- Genus Neooperculinoides Golev, 1961 accepted as Assilina d'Orbigny, 1839 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Nummularia Sowerby & Sowerby, 1826 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (err. emend.)
- Genus Nummulina d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Err. emend.)
- Genus Nummulita Fleming, 1828 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (err. emend.)
- Genus Nummulitoides Abrard, 1956 † accepted as Ranikothalia Caudri, 1944 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
- Genus Operculinoides Hanzawa, 1935 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Palaeonummulites Schubert, 1908 † accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Paraspiroclypeus Hanzawa, 1937 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Paronaea Prever, 1904 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Nom. subst. pro Lenticulina (Hantkenia))
- Genus Paronia Chelussi, 1903 † accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (err. cit. of Paronaea Prever, 1903 [non Paronia Diamare, 1900])
- Genus Phacites Blumenbach, 1799 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (nom. suppress.: ICZN Op. 192)
- Genus Planocamerinoides Cole, 1958 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Pseudonummulites A. Silvestri, 1937 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (Nom. subst. pro Verbeekia)
- Genus Pseudonummulites Thalmann, 1941 accepted as Nummulites Lamarck, 1801 (junior homonym of Pseudonummulites A.Silvestri, 1937)
- Genus Sindulites Eames, 1968 † accepted as Ranikothalia Caudri, 1944 † (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Tambareauella Boukhary & Abd El Naby, 2019 † accepted as Assilina d'Orbigny, 1839 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Serra-Kiel et al. (2020), Pignatti (2021) pers. comm.)
- Genus Verbeekia A. Silvestri, 1908 accepted as Operculinella Yabe, 1918 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Verbeekia Fritsch, 1877)
- Genus Aegyptoclypeus Boukhary, Abul-Nasr & Al Menoufy, 2013 † (uncertain > unassessed, possibile species of Heterostegina)
- Genus Decrouezina Boukhary, 1994 † (uncertain > unassessed, possibile species of Assilina)
- Genus Doncieuxina Boukhary, Al Menoufy & Höntzsch, 2013 † (uncertain > unassessed, possibile species of Operculina)
- Genus Nummulitella Dorreen, 1948 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987) p. 707)
- Genus Qatarstegina Boukhary, Hewaidy & Al-Hitmi, 1996 † (uncertain > unassessed, possibile species of Heterostegina)
- Genus Ruetimeyerina Boukhary, Abul-Nasr & Shreif, 2016 † (uncertain > unassessed, possibile species of Operculina)
marine, fresh
Not documented
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Nummulitidae Blainville, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111937 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
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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]
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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
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additional source Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. <em>Marine Micropaleontology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002
note: DNA basis for family placement and for some genera in family. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. <em>Marine Micropaleontology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002
note: DNA basis for family placement and for some genera in family. [details] Available for editors

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Diagnosis Test planispiral, involute or evolute, numerous median chambers may be simple or subdivided into chamberlets, with or without lateral chambers; complex canal system of septal, marginal, and vertical canals; aperture an arched slit at the base of the apertural face. Paleocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]