Foraminifera name details
Polystomella umbilicatula (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
113330 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113330)
unaccepted
Species
Polystomella Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808
- Variety Polystomella umbilicatula var. incerta Williamson, 1858 accepted as Cribroelphidium incertum (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Elphidium incertum (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Toddinella incerta (Williamson, 1858) (Genus transfer)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nautilus umbilicatulus G. Walker & Jacob, 1798) Adams, G.; Kanmacher, F. (1798). Essays on the microscope : containing a practical description of the most improved microscopes; a general history of insects, their transformations, peculiar habits, and œconomy : an account of the various species, and singular properties, of the hydræ and vorticellæ: a description of three hundred and eighty-three animalcula : with a concise catalogue of interesting objects: a view of the organization of timber, and the configuration of salts, when under the microscope. <em>[Book].</em> 724 pp. Second edition, by the late George Adams, further edited by Kanmacher., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45704067 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Polystomella umbilicatula (Walker & Jacob, 1798). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113330 on 2026-07-12
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(of Nautilus umbilicatulus G. Walker & Jacob, 1798) Adams, G.; Kanmacher, F. (1798). Essays on the microscope : containing a practical description of the most improved microscopes; a general history of insects, their transformations, peculiar habits, and œconomy : an account of the various species, and singular properties, of the hydræ and vorticellæ: a description of three hundred and eighty-three animalcula : with a concise catalogue of interesting objects: a view of the organization of timber, and the configuration of salts, when under the microscope. <em>[Book].</em> 724 pp. Second edition, by the late George Adams, further edited by Kanmacher., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45704067 [details]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality