Foraminifera taxon details
Fischerina Terquem, 1878
112051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112051)
accepted
Genus
Fischerina rhodiensis Terquem, 1878 (type by monotypy)
- Species Fischerina antarctica (Chapman, 1909)
- Species Fischerina carinata Peybernès, 1984 †
- Species Fischerina differens McCulloch, 1977
- Species Fischerina distincta McCulloch, 1977
- Species Fischerina involuta Cushman, 1932
- Species Fischerina rhodiensis Terquem, 1878
- Species Fischerina africana Anan, 2025 (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 Fischerina communis (Seguenza, 1880) accepted as Planispirina communis Seguenza, 1880 (unaccepted > superseded combination, Type species of Planispirina)
- Species Fischerina compressa (Wiesner, 1923) accepted as Trisegmentina compressa Wiesner, 1923
- Species Fischerina dubia (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Fischerinella dubia (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Fischerina helix Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915 accepted as Fischerinella helix (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915)
- Species Fischerina pellucida Millett, 1898 accepted as Fischerinella pellucida (Millett, 1898)
- Species Fischerina schlumbergeri (Sidebottom, 1904) accepted as Planispirina schlumbergeri Sidebottom, 1904
- Species Fischerina striata (Sidebottom, 1904) accepted as Wellmanellinella striata (Sidebottom, 1904)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Terquem, O. (1878). Les Foraminifères et les Entomostracés Ostracodes du Pliocene Supérieur de l'île de Rhodes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> (3)1: 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42313398
page(s): p. 80 [details]
page(s): p. 80 [details]
Diagnosis Test discoidal, globular proloculus followed by enrolled nonseptate tubular chamber of about one whorl, then by two or more...
Diagnosis Test discoidal, globular proloculus followed by enrolled nonseptate tubular chamber of about one whorl, then by two or more whorls with up to eight chambers each that are separated by radial to slightly curved sutures, chambers partially overlapping the earlier whorl on both sides of the symmetrical test; wall calcareous, thin and imperforate, porcelaneous, smooth; aperture at the open end of the final chamber, arcuate in form, as the lateral chamber walls overlap the previous whorl. U. Pliocene to Holocene; Mediterranean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Fischerina Terquem, 1878. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112051 on 2026-03-09
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Terquem, O. (1878). Les Foraminifères et les Entomostracés Ostracodes du Pliocene Supérieur de l'île de Rhodes. <em>Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France.</em> (3)1: 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42313398
page(s): p. 80 [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 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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page(s): p. 80 [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 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 discoidal, globular proloculus followed by enrolled nonseptate tubular chamber of about one whorl, then by two or more whorls with up to eight chambers each that are separated by radial to slightly curved sutures, chambers partially overlapping the earlier whorl on both sides of the symmetrical test; wall calcareous, thin and imperforate, porcelaneous, smooth; aperture at the open end of the final chamber, arcuate in form, as the lateral chamber walls overlap the previous whorl. U. Pliocene to Holocene; Mediterranean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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