Foraminifera name details
Polystomella macella (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
525639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:525639)
unaccepted
Species
Polystomella Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Elphidium Montfort, 1808
- Variety Polystomella macella var. aculeata Silvestri, 1901 accepted as Elphidium macellum var. aculeatum (Silvestri, 1901) accepted as Elphidium silvestrii Hayward, 1997 in Hayward, Hollis & Grenfell, 1997 accepted as Elphidium strigilatum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) (Opinion of Cushman (1939))
- Variety Polystomella macella var. granulosa Sidebottom, 1909 accepted as Elphidium granulosum (Sidebottom, 1909)
- Variety Polystomella macella var. limbata Chapman, 1907 accepted as Elphidium advenum subsp. limbatum (Chapman, 1907) accepted as Elphidium limbatum (Chapman, 1907) accepted as Elphidium alvarezianum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nautilus macellus Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L. v.; Moll, J. P. C. (1798). Testacea microscopica, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <em>A. Pichler, Wien.</em> xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 66, pl. 10, figs. e-g; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean Sea. [details]
page(s): p. 66, pl. 10, figs. e-g; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Polystomella macella (Fichtel & Moll, 1798). Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=525639 on 2026-06-22
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(of Nautilus macellus Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L. v.; Moll, J. P. C. (1798). Testacea microscopica, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <em>A. Pichler, Wien.</em> xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 66, pl. 10, figs. e-g; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean Sea. [details]
page(s): p. 66, pl. 10, figs. e-g; note: TYPE LOCALITY: Mediterranean Sea. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality