WoRMS taxon details
Marginulina d'Orbigny, 1826
112221 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112221)
accepted
Genus
Marginulina raphanus d'Orbigny, 1826 (type by subsequent designation)
Cristellaria (Marginulina) Stache, 1864 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Ellipsomarginulina A. Silvestri, 1923 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Marginulina (Marginulina) d'Orbigny, 1826 · alternative representation
Marginulinella Wedekind, 1937 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Marginulina advena (Cushman, 1923)
- Species Marginulina augensiensis Saidova, 1975
- Species Marginulina augensiformis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Marginulina bacheii Bailey, 1851
- Species Marginulina berthelotiana d'Orbigny, 1839
- Species Marginulina clathrata Costa, 1861
- Species Marginulina consecta d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Marginulina cornucopiae d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1900
- Species Marginulina differens McCulloch, 1981
- Species Marginulina ensiformis (Goës, 1896)
- Species Marginulina filicostata Fornasini, 1891
- Species Marginulina flexuosa Costa, 1861
- Species Marginulina gummi Saidova, 1975
- Species Marginulina hancocki Cushman & McCulloch, 1950
- Species Marginulina hanzawai (Asano, 1956)
- Species Marginulina harpula d'Orbigny, 1851
- Species Marginulina hirsuta d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Marginulina laevigata d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Marginulina lituus d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Marginulina lobata d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Marginulina lunaris Ehrenberg, 1839
- Species Marginulina murex (Batsch, 1791)
- Species Marginulina musai Saidova, 1975
- Species Marginulina nakamurai (Asano, 1938)
- Species Marginulina neomarginulina McCulloch, 1981
- Species Marginulina obesa Cushman, 1923 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Marginulina obesa Terquem, 1866)
- Species Marginulina paeminosa Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Marginulina perobesa Parr, 1950
- Species Marginulina raphanus d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Marginulina semicostata Reuss, 1851
- Species Marginulina similis d'Orbigny, 1846
- Species Marginulina striata d'Orbigny, 1852
- Species Marginulina striatula Cushman, 1913
- Species Marginulina sublineata (Cushman, 1913)
- Species Marginulina triremis Saidova, 1975
- Species Marginulina villa Cushman, 1947
- Species Marginulina webbiana d'Orbigny, 1839
- Species Marginulina cylindrica Terquem, 1875 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975))
- Species Marginulina eximia Terquem, 1880 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975) [Primary junior homonym of Marginulina eximia Neugeboren, 1851])
- Species Marginulina fabiformis Terquem, 1880 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975))
- Species Marginulina praelonga Terquem, 1880 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975) [Primary junior homonym of Marginulina prima var. praelonga Terquem & Berthelin, 1875])
- Subgenus Marginulina (Psecadium) Brotzen, 1936 accepted as Psecadium Neugeboren, 1856 accepted as Glandulina d'Orbigny, 1839
- Subgenus Marginulina (Saracenaria) Barnard, 1949 accepted as Saracenaria Defrance, 1824 (Nom. trans.)
- Subgenus Marginulina (Vaginulina) Reuss, 1845 accepted as Vaginulina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Nomen translatum)
- Species Marginulina angistoma (Stache, 1864) accepted as Hemirobulina angistoma (Stache, 1864)
- Species Marginulina argentinica Anan, 2023 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Name published in an electronic publication unregistered in ZooBank, invalid for nomenclatural purposes according to the 2012 Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature)
- Species Marginulina bachei Bailey, 1851 accepted as Marginulina bacheii Bailey, 1851 (Misspelling in Marks (1952))
- Species Marginulina bifurcata d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Marginulina bifurcata d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902 accepted as Marginulina costata (Batsch, 1791) accepted as Marginulinopsis costata (Batsch, 1791) (Nomen nudum)
- Species Marginulina bifurcata d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902 accepted as Marginulina costata (Batsch, 1791) accepted as Marginulinopsis costata (Batsch, 1791) (Opinion of Fornasini 1902, Cushman (1931))
- Species Marginulina cornucopiae d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Marginulina cornucopiae d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1900 (Nomen nudum)
- Species Marginulina cornu-copiae d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1900 accepted as Vaginulinopsis cornucopiae (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1900) † accepted as Marginulina cornucopiae d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1900 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Marginulina costata (Batsch, 1791) accepted as Marginulinopsis costata (Batsch, 1791)
- Species Marginulina crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Astacolus crepidulus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Astacolus crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
- Species Marginulina cylindrica d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902 accepted as Marginulina costata (Batsch, 1791) accepted as Marginulinopsis costata (Batsch, 1791) (Opinion of Fornasini 1902)
- Species Marginulina cylindrica d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Marginulina cylindrica d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902 accepted as Marginulina costata (Batsch, 1791) accepted as Marginulinopsis costata (Batsch, 1791) (Nomen nudum)
- Species Marginulina falx Jones & Parker, 1860 accepted as Nautilus (Orthoceras) scalaris Batsch, 1791 accepted as Amphicoryna scalaris (Batsch, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Species Marginulina glabra d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Bady, 1865 accepted as Marginulina similis d'Orbigny, 1846
- Species Marginulina glabra d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Marginulina glabra d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Bady, 1865 accepted as Marginulina similis d'Orbigny, 1846 (Nomen nudum)
- Species Marginulina hantkeni Bandy, 1949 accepted as Hemirobulina hantkeni (Bandy, 1949) (Opinion of Cicha et al. (1998))
- Species Marginulina insolita (Schwager, 1866) accepted as Astacolus insolitus (Schwager, 1866)
- Species Marginulina marginulinoides (Goës, 1896) accepted as Marginulinopsis marginulinoides (Goës, 1896) accepted as Percultazonaria marginulinoides (Goës, 1896) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Marginulina philippinensis Cushman, 1921 accepted as Marginulinopsis philippinensis (Cushman, 1921)
- Species Marginulina planata Phleger & Parker, 1951 accepted as Vaginulinopsis planata (Phleger & Parker, 1951)
- Species Marginulina regularis d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Marginulina similis d'Orbigny, 1846
- Species Marginulina rugosocostata d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Marginulina hirsuta d'Orbigny, 1826 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Papp & Schmid (1985))
- Species Marginulina schloenbachi (Reuss, 1863) accepted as Marginulinopsis schloenbachi (Reuss, 1863) accepted as Astacolus schloenbachi (Reuss, 1863) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Marginulina spinigera (Brady, 1881) accepted as Vaginulina spinigera Brady, 1881
- Species Marginulina striata d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Marginulina striata d'Orbigny, 1852 (Nomen nudum)
- Species Marginulina subcrassa Schwager, 1866 accepted as Astacolus subcrassus (Schwager, 1866)
- Species Marginulina sublituus d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Marginulina costata (Batsch, 1791) accepted as Marginulinopsis costata (Batsch, 1791)
- Species Marginulina tenuis Bornemann, 1855 accepted as Marginulinopsis tenuis (Bornemann, 1855) (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1994), Debenay (2013))
- Species Marginulina triangularis d'Orbigny, 1846 accepted as Marginulina hirsuta d'Orbigny, 1826 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Papp & Schmid (1985))
- Subgenus Marginulina (Marginulina) d'Orbigny, 1826 represented as Marginulina d'Orbigny, 1826
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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. 258 [details]
page(s): p. 258 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Marginulina d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112221 on 2026-04-06
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Nomenclature
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. 258 [details]
original description (of Ellipsomarginulina A. Silvestri, 1923) Silvestri, A. (1923). Lo stipite della Elissoforme e le sue affinità. <em>Memorie della Pontificia Accademia della Scienze, Nuovi Lincei, ser. 2.</em> 6: 231-270.
page(s): p. 265 [details]
original description (of Marginulinella Wedekind, 1937) Wedekind, R. (1937). Einführung in die Grundlagen der historischen Geologie.II. Mikrobiostratigraphie. Die Korallen- und Foraminiferenzeit. <em>Ferdinand Enke Verlag.</em> 8: 1-136. [details]
original description (of Cristellaria (Marginulina) Stache, 1864) Stache, G. (1864). Die Foraminiferen der tertiären Mergel des Whaingaroa-Hafens (Provinz Auckland). <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Paläontologie von Neu-Seeland: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der fossilen Flora und Fauna der Provinzen Auckland und Nelson. Novara-Expedition, Geologischer Theil.</em> 1(2): 159-304., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Reise-Novara-Erde_Palaeo-Neusee_0001-0318.pdf [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. 258 [details]
original description (of Ellipsomarginulina A. Silvestri, 1923) Silvestri, A. (1923). Lo stipite della Elissoforme e le sue affinità. <em>Memorie della Pontificia Accademia della Scienze, Nuovi Lincei, ser. 2.</em> 6: 231-270.
page(s): p. 265 [details]
original description (of Marginulinella Wedekind, 1937) Wedekind, R. (1937). Einführung in die Grundlagen der historischen Geologie.II. Mikrobiostratigraphie. Die Korallen- und Foraminiferenzeit. <em>Ferdinand Enke Verlag.</em> 8: 1-136. [details]
original description (of Cristellaria (Marginulina) Stache, 1864) Stache, G. (1864). Die Foraminiferen der tertiären Mergel des Whaingaroa-Hafens (Provinz Auckland). <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Paläontologie von Neu-Seeland: Beiträge zur Kenntniss der fossilen Flora und Fauna der Provinzen Auckland und Nelson. Novara-Expedition, Geologischer Theil.</em> 1(2): 159-304., available online at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Reise-Novara-Erde_Palaeo-Neusee_0001-0318.pdf [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]
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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 elongate, circular in section, early stage slightly curved but not completely enrolled, later chambers rectilinear, sutures straight to oblique; wall calcareous, hyaline, perforate radial, surface with prominent longitudinal costae, may have an apiculate base; aperture radiate, terminal, at the dorsal angle and may be produced on a neck. L. Jurassic (Pliensbachian) to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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