Foraminifera taxon details
Ammotium cassis (Parker, 1870)
114029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:114029)
accepted
Species
Ammobaculites cassis (Parker, 1870) · unaccepted
Haplophragmium cassis (Parker, 1870) · unaccepted
Lituola cassis Parker in Dawson, 1870 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lituola cassis Parker in Dawson, 1870) Dawson, G.M. (1870). On foraminifera from the Gulf and River St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Naturalist and Quaterly Journal of Science.</em> 5: 172-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7715201, https://archive.org/details/biostor-92363
page(s): p. 177 tf. 3; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Gaspe Bay, Canada. [details]
page(s): p. 177 tf. 3; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Gaspe Bay, Canada. [details]
Type locality contained in Gaspe Bay
type locality contained in Gaspe Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ammotium cassis (Parker, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114029 on 2025-12-29
original description
(of Lituola cassis Parker in Dawson, 1870) Dawson, G.M. (1870). On foraminifera from the Gulf and River St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Naturalist and Quaterly Journal of Science.</em> 5: 172-180., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7715201, https://archive.org/details/biostor-92363
page(s): p. 177 tf. 3; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Gaspe Bay, Canada. [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]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. <em>Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9188-0 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 177 tf. 3; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Gaspe Bay, Canada. [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]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. <em>Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9188-0 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Ecology Infaunal detritivore lying horizontally in the top 5cm of sediment and possibly indicating the halocline (Olsson, 1976; see also Ellison and Murray, 1987); always subtidal; only recently introduced into the Baltic (Lutze, 1965); transitional water layer, in the lower part or just below the Zostera belt (Alve and Murray, 1999); reproduces at temperatures less than 8 °C, the most important control on its distribution (Wefer, 1976b). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Lituola cassis Parker in Dawson, 1870)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Haplophragmium cassis (Parker, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ammobaculites cassis (Parker, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Haplophragmium cassis (Parker); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3092342) (from synonym Haplophragmium cassis (Parker, 1870))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lituola cassis Parker in Dawson, 1870)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Haplophragmium cassis (Parker, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ammobaculites cassis (Parker, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Haplophragmium cassis (Parker); NHMUK:ecatalogue:3092342) (from synonym Haplophragmium cassis (Parker, 1870))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lituola cassis Parker in Dawson, 1870)
To ITIS
