WoRMS name details
Operculinella venosa (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
710602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710602)
unaccepted
Species
Ammonia venosa (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) · unaccepted
Amphistegina venosa (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) · unaccepted (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
Nautilus venosus Fichtel & Moll, 1798 · unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described...)
foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus
Operculina venosa (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Nautilus venosus Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 59 pl. 8 figs e-h [details]
page(s): p. 59 pl. 8 figs e-h [details]
Type locality contained in Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Indian Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Operculinella venosa (Fichtel & Moll, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710602 on 2026-02-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nautilus venosus Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 59 pl. 8 figs e-h [details]
new combination reference Cushman, J. A. (1924). Samoan foraminifera. <em>Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Marine Biology.</em> 21(342): 1-75., available online at https://archive.org/details/papers-tortugas-laboratory_1924-10_21/
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page(s): p. 59 pl. 8 figs e-h [details]
new combination reference Cushman, J. A. (1924). Samoan foraminifera. <em>Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Marine Biology.</em> 21(342): 1-75., available online at https://archive.org/details/papers-tortugas-laboratory_1924-10_21/
page(s): p. 50 pl. 17 fig. 7 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Ecology Epifaunal on sand; 2.5–80% of surface light intensity; ranges slightly deeper than Operculina but below fair-weather wave base, 20–85 m; western Pacific and Indian Ocean. [details]
