WoRMS taxon details
Cassidulina d'Orbigny, 1826
112120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112120)
accepted
Genus
Cassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826 (type by monotypy)
Entrochus Ehrenberg, 1843 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
Lernina Saidova, 1975 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
Selenostomum Ehrenberg, 1858 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Smyrnella Basov, 1974 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan,...)
Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 name not available
- Species Cassidulina akseli Digas, 1972
- Species Cassidulina albemarlensis Mcculloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina asanoi Uchio, 1950
- Species Cassidulina auka Boltovskoy & Theyer, 1970
- Species Cassidulina braziliensis Cushman, 1922
- Species Cassidulina caledoniana McCulloch, 1981
- Species Cassidulina caribbeanica McCulloch, 1981
- Species Cassidulina carinata Silvestri, 1896
- Species Cassidulina costatula Cushman, 1933
- Species Cassidulina cretacea Cushman, 1931
- Species Cassidulina crustosa Saidova, 1975
- Species Cassidulina curvata Phleger & Parker, 1951
- Species Cassidulina curvatiformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina deafueraensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina delicatiformis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Cassidulina detierraensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina differens McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina elegantissima Cushman, 1925
- Species Cassidulina hoodensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina inflatiformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina insueta Cushman, 1947
- Species Cassidulina izuensis Aoki, 1967
- Species Cassidulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Cassidulina limbata Cushman & Hughes, 1925
- Species Cassidulina lineocorrugata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina lobulata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina lomitensis Galloway & Wissler, 1927
- Species Cassidulina micae (Saidova, 1975)
- Species Cassidulina moluccensis Germeraad, 1946
- Species Cassidulina monicaniformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina neoteretis Seidenkrantz, 1995
- Species Cassidulina obtusa Williamson, 1858
- Species Cassidulina palmerae Bermúdez & Acosta, 1940
- Species Cassidulina patula Cushman, 1933
- Species Cassidulina penangensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina perumbonata Keyzer, 1953
- Species Cassidulina pilasensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina planata Saidova, 1975
- Species Cassidulina planulata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina pulchella d'Orbigny, 1839
- Species Cassidulina quadrata Cushman & Hughes, 1925
- Species Cassidulina radiata Chave, 1987
- Species Cassidulina rarilocula Cushman, 1933
- Species Cassidulina reniforme Nørvang, 1945
- Species Cassidulina seca McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina simpsonsbayensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina singularis Troitskaya, 1970
- Species Cassidulina spiniferiformis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina spiralis Natland, 1938
- Species Cassidulina striatostoma Zheng, 1979
- Species Cassidulina stschedrini Saidova, 1961
- Species Cassidulina subacuta (Gudina, 1966)
- Species Cassidulina subcarinata Uchio, 1960
- Species Cassidulina subtumida Cushman, 1933
- Species Cassidulina teretis Tappan, 1951
- Species Cassidulina tortuosa Cushman & Hughes, 1925
- Species Cassidulina translucens Cushman & Hughes, 1925
- Species Cassidulina tumida Natland, 1938 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Cassidulina laevigata var. tumida Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922)
- Species Cassidulina velaensis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Cassidulina victoriensis Collins, 1974
- Species Cassidulina vulgata McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina wenmanensis Mcculloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina wordeni McCulloch, 1977
- Species Cassidulina wrangellensis McCulloch, 1977
- Subgenus Cassidulina (Orthoplecta) Brady, 1884 accepted as Orthoplecta Brady, 1884
- Species Cassidulina (Orthoplecta) clavata Brady, 1884 accepted as Orthoplecta clavata (Brady, 1884)
- Species Cassidulina algida Cushman, 1944 accepted as Islandiella algida (Cushman, 1944) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Miller (1993))
- Species Cassidulina alternans Yabe & Hanzawa, 1925 accepted as Globocassidulina elegans (Sidebottom, 1910) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Hasegawa and Nomura (1995))
- Species Cassidulina angulosa Cushman, 1933 accepted as Paracassidulina angulosa (Cushman, 1933)
- Species Cassidulina australis Phleger & Parker, 1951 accepted as Islandiella australis (Phleger & Parker, 1951) (Type species of Cassidulita which is synonymised to Islandiella)
- Species Cassidulina biora Crespin, 1960 accepted as Globocassidulina biora (Crespin, 1960) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cassidulina bradshawi Uchio, 1960 accepted as Cassidulina reniforme Nørvang, 1945 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Kawagata and Kamihashi (2016))
- Species Cassidulina bradyi Norman, 1881 accepted as Evolvocassidulina bradyi (Norman, 1881) (Opinion of Nomura (1983))
- Species Cassidulina brevis Aoki, 1968 accepted as Evolvocassidulina brevis (Aoki, 1968) (Opinion of Xu and Ujiie (1994))
- Species Cassidulina brocha Poag, 1966 accepted as Globocassidulina brocha (Poag, 1966) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Nomura (1983), Hasegawa and Nomura (1995))
- Species Cassidulina californica Cushman & Hughes, 1925 accepted as Islandiella californica (Cushman & Hughes, 1925) (Opinion of Ujiie & Kusukawa, 1969)
- Species Cassidulina charlottensis Cushman, 1925 accepted as Robertina charlottensis (Cushman, 1925) accepted as Robertinoides charlottensis (Cushman, 1925) (Opinion of Cushman (1933))
- Species Cassidulina clavata Brady, 1884 accepted as Orthoplecta clavata (Brady, 1884)
- Species Cassidulina complanata Ujiié & Kusukawa, 1969 accepted as Globocassidulina complanata (Ujiié & Kusukawa, 1969) (Opinion of Nomura (1999) Junior homonym of Cassidulina complanata Voloshinova, 1952)
- Species Cassidulina crassa d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Globocassidulina crassa (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Cassidulina cushmani Stewart & Stewart, 1930 accepted as Takayanagia cushmani (Stewart & Stewart, 1930) (Opinion of Setoyama and Kaminski (2015))
- Species Cassidulina delicata Cushman, 1927 accepted as Takayanagia delicata (Cushman, 1927)
- Species Cassidulina depressa Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Globocassidulina depressa (Asano & Nakamura, 1937)
- Species Cassidulina elegans Sidebottom, 1910 accepted as Globocassidulina elegans (Sidebottom, 1910)
- Species Cassidulina excavata Voloshinova, 1952 accepted as Islandiella excavata (Voloshinova, 1952) (Opinion of Voloshinova et al. (1970))
- Species Cassidulina gemma Todd, 1954 accepted as Globocassidulina gemma (Todd, 1954) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Belford (1966))
- Species Cassidulina globosa Hantken, 1875 accepted as Globocassidulina globosa (Hantken, 1875) (Opinion of Cicha et al. (1998))
- Species Cassidulina inflata Gudina, 1966 accepted as Islandiella inflata (Gudina, 1966) (Opinion of Feyling-Hanssen (1976))
- Species Cassidulina inflata LeRoy, 1944 accepted as Lernella inflata (LeRoy, 1944) (Opinion of Nomura (1983))
- Species Cassidulina islandica Nørvang, 1945 accepted as Islandiella islandica (Nørvang, 1945) accepted as Islandiella algida (Cushman, 1944) (Opinion of Nørvang (1958))
- Species Cassidulina jamesoni McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Globocassidulina jamesoni (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Cassidulina japonica Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Islandiella japonica (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Nomura (1983), Hasegawa and Nomura (1995))
- Species Cassidulina jonesiana Brady, 1881 accepted as Ceratobulimina jonesiana (Brady, 1881)
- Species Cassidulina kasiwazakiensis Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944 accepted as Cassidulita kasiwazakiensis (Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944) accepted as Islandiella kasiwazakiensis (Husezima & Maruhasi, 1944)
- Species Cassidulina kattoi Takayanagi, 1953 accepted as Globocassidulina kattoi (Takayanagi, 1953) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Cassidulina marshallana Todd, 1954 accepted as Burseolina marshallana (Todd, 1954)
- Species Cassidulina mexicana Cushman, 1922 accepted as Cassidulinoides mexicana (Cushman, 1922)
- Species Cassidulina minuta Cushman, 1933 accepted as Globocassidulina minuta (Cushman, 1933) accepted as Paracassidulina minuta (Cushman, 1933)
- Species Cassidulina miuraensis (Higuchi, 1956) accepted as Cassidulinoides miuraensis Higuchi, 1956 accepted as Paracassidulina miuraensis (Higuchi, 1956)
- Species Cassidulina neocarinata Thalmann, 1950 accepted as Paracassidulina neocarinata (Thalmann, 1950) (Opinion of Seidenkrantz (1995))
- Species Cassidulina nipponensis (Eade, 1969) accepted as Paracassidulina nipponensis (Eade, 1969) (Type species of Paracassidulina)
- Species Cassidulina norcrossi Cushman, 1933 accepted as Islandiella norcrossi (Cushman, 1933) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Norvang (1959))
- Species Cassidulina norvangi Thalmann, 1952 accepted as Cassidulina reniforme Nørvang, 1945 (Subjective junior synonym of C. reniforme in opinion of Hayward et al. (2010))
- Species Cassidulina oblonga Reuss, 1850 accepted as Globocassidulina oblonga (Reuss, 1850) (Opinion of Cicha et al. (1998))
- Species Cassidulina orientale Cushman, 1925 accepted as Globocassidulina nipponensis Eade, 1969 accepted as Paracassidulina nipponensis (Eade, 1969) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Junior homonym of Cassidulina orientalis Cushman, 1922)
- Species Cassidulina orientalis Cushman, 1922 accepted as Evolvocassidulina orientalis (Cushman, 1922)
- Species Cassidulina oshimai Aoki, 1967 accepted as Paracassidulina oshimai (Aoki, 1967)
- Species Cassidulina pacifica Cushman, 1925 accepted as Burseolina pacifica (Cushman, 1925)
- Species Cassidulina paratortuosa Kuwano, 1954 accepted as Globocassidulina paratortuosa (Kuwano, 1954)
- Species Cassidulina parkeriana Brady, 1881 accepted as Cassidulinoides parkeriana (Brady, 1881) (Type species of Cassidulinoides)
- Species Cassidulina pupa d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Ehrenbergina pupa (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Brady (1884))
- Species Cassidulina quasisulcata Belford, 1966 accepted as Takayanagia quasisulcata (Belford, 1966) (Opinion of Hatta & Ujiie, 1992)
- Species Cassidulina rossensis (Kennett, 1967) accepted as Globocassidulina rossensis Kennett, 1967 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cassidulina sagamiensis Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Paracassidulina sagamiensis (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (Opinion of Nomura (1983))
- Species Cassidulina sagmiensis Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Cassidulina sagamiensis Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Paracassidulina sagamiensis (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (Incorrect spelling)
- Species Cassidulina setanaensis Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Islandiella setanaensis (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (Opinion of Nomura (1983), Hasegawa and Nomura (1995))
- Species Cassidulina subcalifornica Drooger, 1953 accepted as Globocassidulina subcalifornica (Drooger, 1953) accepted as Globocassidulina depressa (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cassidulina subglobosa Brady, 1881 accepted as Globocassidulina subglobosa (Brady, 1881) (Type species of Globocassidulina)
- Species Cassidulina sublimbata Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Islandiella sublimbata (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Nomura (1983), Hasegawa and Nomura (1995))
- Species Cassidulina sulcata Belford, 1966 accepted as Paracassidulina sulcata (Belford, 1966)
- Species Cassidulina tomiyensis Uchio, 1951 accepted as Paracassidulina tomiyensis (Uchio, 1951)
- Species Cassidulina wakasaensis Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Islandiella wakasaensis (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Nomura (1983), Hasegawa and Nomura (1995))
- Species Cassidulina yabei Asano & Nakamura, 1937 accepted as Islandiella yabei (Asano & Nakamura, 1937) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Nomura (1983), Hasegawa and Nomura (1995))
- Species Cassidulina decorata Sidebottom, 1910 represented as Globocassidulina decorata (Sidebottom, 1910)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 282 [details]
page(s): p. 282 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Cassidulina d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112120 on 2025-03-26
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original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 282 [details]
original description (of Lernina Saidova, 1975) Saidova, K. M. (1975). Бентосине фораминиферий Тихого океана-Bentosniye foraminifery Tikhogo Okeana-Benthonic Foraminifera of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Институт океанологии им. П. П. Шершова Академии наук СССР-P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.</em> 3: parts.
page(s): p. 325 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Entrochus Ehrenberg, 1843) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841: 291-445, 4 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29106994
page(s): p. 408 [details]
original description (of Selenostomum Ehrenberg, 1858) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1858). Kurze Charakteristik der 9 neuen Genera und der 105 neuen Species des ägäischen Meeres und des Tiefgrundes des Mittel-Meeres. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1858: 10-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11071706
page(s): p. 29 [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]
page(s): p. 282 [details]
original description (of Lernina Saidova, 1975) Saidova, K. M. (1975). Бентосине фораминиферий Тихого океана-Bentosniye foraminifery Tikhogo Okeana-Benthonic Foraminifera of the Pacific Ocean. <em>Институт океанологии им. П. П. Шершова Академии наук СССР-P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.</em> 3: parts.
page(s): p. 325 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Entrochus Ehrenberg, 1843) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841: 291-445, 4 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29106994
page(s): p. 408 [details]
original description (of Selenostomum Ehrenberg, 1858) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1858). Kurze Charakteristik der 9 neuen Genera und der 105 neuen Species des ägäischen Meeres und des Tiefgrundes des Mittel-Meeres. <em>Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1858: 10-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11071706
page(s): p. 29 [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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors
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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 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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Diagnosis Test lenticular to flattened and ovoid, periphery subangular to carinate, chambers biserially arranged and plane of biseriality planispirally enrolled, commonly with umbonal boss of clear calcite, sutures radial to oblique, straight to curved, flush; wall calcareous, hyaline, optically granular, perforate, surface smooth, polished; aperture a narrow arched slit at the base of the apertural face and parallel to the peripheral margin, partially closed by an apertural plate, no internal toothplate. U. Eocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]