WoRMS name details
Beella megastoma (Earland, 1934)
1026240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1026240)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Brummer and Kucera (2022))
Species
Globigerina megastoma Earland, 1934 · unaccepted (opinion of Aze et al (2011))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Globigerina megastoma Earland, 1934) Earland, A. (1934). Foraminifera. Part III. The Falklands sector of the Antarctic (excluding South Georgia). <em>Discovery Reports, University Press, Cambridge.</em> 10[1935]: 1-208. [details] Available for editors 
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Beella megastoma (Earland, 1934). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026240 on 2025-11-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Globigerina megastoma Earland, 1934) Earland, A. (1934). Foraminifera. Part III. The Falklands sector of the Antarctic (excluding South Georgia). <em>Discovery Reports, University Press, Cambridge.</em> 10[1935]: 1-208. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Aze, T.; Ezard, T. H. G.; Purvis, A.; Coxall, H. K.; Stewart, D. R. M.; Wade, B. S.; Pearson, P. N. (2011). A phylogeny of Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera from fossil data. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 86(4): 900-927., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.2011.00178.x [details]
[request]basis of record Aze, T.; Ezard, T. H. G.; Purvis, A.; Coxall, H. K.; Stewart, D. R. M.; Wade, B. S.; Pearson, P. N. (2011). A phylogeny of Cenozoic macroperforate planktonic foraminifera from fossil data. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 86(4): 900-927., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-185x.2011.00178.x [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Brummer, G.-J. A. and Kučera, M. (2022). Taxonomic review of living planktonic foraminifera. <em>Journal of Micropaleontology.</em> 41, 29-74., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-41-29-2022 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Globigerina megastoma Earland, 1934)
To Mikrotax (Beella megastoma (Earland 1934))
To Mikrotax (Globigerina megastoma Earland 1934) (from synonym Globigerina megastoma Earland, 1934)
To Mikrotax (Beella megastoma (Earland 1934))
To Mikrotax (Globigerina megastoma Earland 1934) (from synonym Globigerina megastoma Earland, 1934)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
