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Pulleniatina Cushman, 1927

To Mikrotax (Pulleniatina Cushman 1927)

AphiaID

203961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:203961)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Pullenia obliquiloculata Parker & Jones, 1865 accepted as Pulleniatina obliquiloculata (Parker & Jones, 1865) (type by original designation)

Parent

Pulleniatinidae Cushman, 1927

Original name

Pulleniatina Cushman, 1927

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Species Pulleniatina finalis Banner & Blow, 1967
Species Pulleniatina obliquiloculata (Parker & Jones, 1865)
Species Pulleniatina semiinvoluta Germeraad, 1946 accepted as Rotaliatinopsis semiinvoluta (Germeraad, 1946) (Type species Rotaliatinopsis)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://business.cushmanfoundation.org/ap/CloudFile/Download/P7DeWv4L
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Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Pulleniatina Cushman, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203961 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-06-10 19:57:34Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-09-20 10:09:24Z

checked

Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-04-26 09:31:31Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2019-02-18 16:18:37Z

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Le Coze, François

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Nomenclature

original description Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://business.cushmanfoundation.org/ap/CloudFile/Download/P7DeWv4L
page(s): p. 90 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Other

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 Pearson, P. N.; Fabbrini, A.; Wade, B. S. (2025). Systematic taxonomy of Pulleniatina. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 55(3): 245–275., available online at https://doi.org/10.61551/gsjfr.55.3.245 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fabbrini, A.; Pearson, P. N.; Brombacher, A.; Iacoviello, F.; Ezard, T. H. G.; Wade, B. S. (2025). Morphology of Pulleniatina (planktonic foraminifera) from optical microscopy, micro-CT, and SEM investigations. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 44(2): 213-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-44-213-2025 [details]

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Diagnosis Test globular, early stage trochospirally enrolled, streptospiral in the adult, whorls progressively covering the umbilical side, chambers in the early stage spherical, later more embracing, about four to four and a half chambers in the final whorl, sutures distinct and depressed in the juvenile, flush and obscure in the adult, periphery broadly rounded; wall calcareous, perforate, juvenile stage with large pores in distinct pore pits and appearing cancellate, surface later completely covered by a thick smooth cortex that obscures the perforations and sutures, closely spaced pustules may occur both above and below the apertural opening; aperture a broad and low interiomarginal arch, extraumbilical. U. Miocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

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