Foraminifera name details
Globotruncana contusa (Cushman, 1926) †
926054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:926054)
unaccepted (Type species of Contusotruncana)
Species
Pulvinulina arca var. contusa Cushman, 1926 † · unaccepted
- Subspecies Globotruncana contusa subsp. contusa (Cushman) Em. El-Naggar, 1966 † accepted as Contusotruncana contusa (Cushman, 1926) †
- Subspecies Globotruncana contusa subsp. galeoidis Herm, 1962 † accepted as Contusotruncana contusa (Cushman, 1926) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Mikrotax)
- Subspecies Globotruncana contusa subsp. patelliformis Gandolfi, 1955 † accepted as Contusotruncana patelliformis (Gandolfi, 1955) † (Opinion of Mikrotax)
- Subspecies Globotruncana contusa subsp. scutilla Gandolfi, 1955 † accepted as Contusotruncana fornicata (Plummer, 1931) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Mikrotax)
- Subspecies Globotruncana contusa subsp. witwickae El-Naggar, 1966 † accepted as Contusotruncana patelliformis (Gandolfi, 1955) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Mikrotax)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Pulvinulina arca var. contusa Cushman, 1926 †) Cushman, J.A. 1926. Some Foraminifera from the Mendez Shale of eastern Mexico. Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Res. 2: 16-26., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/2cclfr1.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Globotruncana contusa (Cushman, 1926) †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=926054 on 2026-06-10
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(of Pulvinulina arca var. contusa Cushman, 1926 †) Cushman, J.A. 1926. Some Foraminifera from the Mendez Shale of eastern Mexico. Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Res. 2: 16-26., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/2cclfr1.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
[request]basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (IRN 3145141) (from synonym Pulvinulina arca var. contusa Cushman, 1926 †)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym