World Register of Deep-Sea species - Nonion Montfort, 1808

Deep-Sea taxon details

Nonion Montfort, 1808

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AphiaID

112232 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112232)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Nonioninae Schultze, 1854

Original name

Nonion Montfort, 1808

Direct children (12)

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Species Nonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Species Nonion formosum (Seguenza, 1880)
Species Nonion nicobarense Cushman, 1936
Species Nonion parkeri Le Calvez, 1959
Species Nonion affine (Reuss, 1851) accepted as Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)
Species Nonion barleeanum (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851) (superseded combination)
Species Nonion depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Haynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
Species Nonion depressulus (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Haynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
Species Nonion labradoricum (Dawson, 1860) accepted as Nonionella labradorica (Dawson, 1860) accepted as Nonionellina labradorica (Dawson, 1860)
Species Nonion nicobarensis Cushman, 1936 accepted as Nonion nicobarense Cushman, 1936 (Opinion of Cushman (1939) [genus is neuter])
Species Nonion parkerae Uchio, 1960 accepted as Melonis parkerae (Uchio, 1960)
Species Nonion pompilioides (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Melonis pompilioides (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) (superseded combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 210-211; note: Le Nonione (masculine in French), Type species Nonion incrassatus (masculine). See also: ICZN. (1990). Opinion 1567 (genus is masculine). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Nonion Montfort, 1808. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112232 on 2026-01-15

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Nonion Montfort, 1808. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112232 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2011-09-08 09:19:10Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2013-03-08 15:09:52Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-05-15 08:44:24Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2017-03-21 10:05:52Z

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Le Coze, François

2021-09-20 15:04:55Z

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Le Coze, François

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 210-211; note: Le Nonione (masculine in French), Type species Nonion incrassatus (masculine). See also: ICZN. (1990). Opinion 1567 (genus is masculine). [details]

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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

subsequent type designation ICZN. (1990). Opinion 1567 Nonion de Montfort, 1808 (Foraminiferida): Nautilus faba Fichtel & Moll, 1798 designated as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 47(1-4): 53-54., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12230380
note: Genus is masculine. [details]

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Diagnosis Test planispiral throughout, ovate to circular in outline, coiling involute to slightly evolute, laterally compressed and biumbilicate, umbilici partially to completely filled with pustules on the somewhat crenulate inner margins of the chambers, sutures curved, depressed near the umbilici to flush near the rounded to subangular periphery, peripheral outline smooth; wall calcareous, optically granular, surface smooth except for the granules, incised sutures and radial ridges or grooves in the umbilical region, and pustulose border around the aperture; aperture a low interiomarginal and equatorial slit at the base of the arched apertural face, extending laterally nearly to the umbilici. U. Cretaceous (Campanian) to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

Ecology Infaunal, free; mud, silt; herbivore; S 30–35; cold–warm; 0–180 m; shelf. [details]

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