Deep-Sea taxon details
Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858)
113756 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113756)
accepted
Species
Angulogerina angulosa (Williamson, 1858) · unaccepted
Angulogerina carinata Cushman, 1927 · unaccepted
Trifarina carinata (Cushman, 1927) · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym of...)
Subjective junior synonym of Trifarina angulosa in opinion of Hayward et al. (2010)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 1-107., available online at https://archive.org/details/onrecentforamini00will/page/n0
page(s): p. 67, pl. 5, fig. 140 [details]
page(s): p. 67, pl. 5, fig. 140 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858). 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=113756 on 2026-03-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113756 on 2026-03-21
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original description
(of Angulogerina carinata Cushman, 1927) Cushman, J. A. (1927). Recent Foraminifera from off the west coast of America. <em>Bulletin of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Technical series.</em> 1: 119-188.
page(s): p. 159, pl. 4, fig. 3. [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 1-107., available online at https://archive.org/details/onrecentforamini00will/page/n0
page(s): p. 67, pl. 5, fig. 140 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (WoRCS) Romano, E.; Bergamin, L.; Di Bella, L.; Frezza, V.; Marassich, A.; Pierfranceschi, G.; Provenzani, C. (2020). Benthic foraminifera as proxies of marine influence in the Orosei marine caves, Sardinia, Italy. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 30: 701–716., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3288 [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]
additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). <em>Paleopelagos.</em> 5: 201-214. [details]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mackensen, A.; Grobe, H.; Kuhn, G.; Futterer, D.K. 1990. Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the eastern Weddell Sea between 68 and 73°S: Distribution, ecology and fossilization potential. Marine Micropaleontology 16: 241-283., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-8398(90)90006-8 [details]
additional source Ward, B. L.; Barrett, P. J.; Vella, P. (1987). Distribution and ecology of benthic foraminifera in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 58: 139-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-0182(87)90057-5 [details]
new combination reference Jones, R. W. (1994). The Challenger Foraminifera. <em>Oxford University Press.</em> 149 p.
page(s): p. 86, pl. 74, figs. 15–16. [details] Available for editors
page(s): p. 159, pl. 4, fig. 3. [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Williamson, W.C. (1858). On the recent Foraminifera of Great Britain. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 1-107., available online at https://archive.org/details/onrecentforamini00will/page/n0
page(s): p. 67, pl. 5, fig. 140 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (WoRCS) Romano, E.; Bergamin, L.; Di Bella, L.; Frezza, V.; Marassich, A.; Pierfranceschi, G.; Provenzani, C. (2020). Benthic foraminifera as proxies of marine influence in the Orosei marine caves, Sardinia, Italy. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 30: 701–716., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3288 [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]
additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). <em>Paleopelagos.</em> 5: 201-214. [details]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mackensen, A.; Grobe, H.; Kuhn, G.; Futterer, D.K. 1990. Benthic foraminiferal assemblages from the eastern Weddell Sea between 68 and 73°S: Distribution, ecology and fossilization potential. Marine Micropaleontology 16: 241-283., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-8398(90)90006-8 [details]
additional source Ward, B. L.; Barrett, P. J.; Vella, P. (1987). Distribution and ecology of benthic foraminifera in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 58: 139-153., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-0182(87)90057-5 [details]
new combination reference Jones, R. W. (1994). The Challenger Foraminifera. <em>Oxford University Press.</em> 149 p.
page(s): p. 86, pl. 74, figs. 15–16. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Ecology Epifaunal; commonly associated with shelf-edge–upper-slope areas of sand to gravel sediment under the influence of bottom currents (Mackensen et al., 1985, 1993a; Harloff and Mackensen, 1997). [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Angulogerina carinata Cushman, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Angulogerina angulosa (Williamson, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trifarina carinata (Cushman, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Angulogerina carinata holo USNM 20299) (from synonym Angulogerina carinata Cushman, 1927)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Trifarina angulosa 188037)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Angulogerina angulosa (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Angulogerina carinata Cushman, 1927)
To PESI (from synonym Trifarina carinata (Cushman, 1927))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Angulogerina angulosa (Williamson, 1858))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Trifarina carinata (Cushman, 1927))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Angulogerina carinata holo USNM 20299) (from synonym Angulogerina carinata Cushman, 1927)
To NMNH Paleobiology Collection (Trifarina angulosa 188037)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Angulogerina angulosa (Williamson, 1858))
To PESI (from synonym Angulogerina carinata Cushman, 1927)
To PESI (from synonym Trifarina carinata (Cushman, 1927))
To ITIS
