Foraminifera taxon details

Parafissurina Parr, 1947

Lagena ventricosa Silvestri, 1904
Lagena ventricosa Silvestri, 1904

112158  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112158)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Nodosariata (Class)
  7. Nodosariana (Subclass)
  8. Polymorphinida (Order)
  9. Polymorphinina (Suborder)
  10. Polymorphinoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Ellipsolagenidae (Family)
  12. Parafissurininae (Subfamily)
  13. Parafissurina (Genus)
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  1. Species Parafissurina abbotti McCulloch, 1981
  2. Species Parafissurina abnormis Parr, 1950
  3. Species Parafissurina acarinata McCulloch, 1977
  4. Species Parafissurina acomposita McCulloch, 1977
  5. Species Parafissurina acompositiformis McCulloch, 1977
  6. Species Parafissurina acuta McCulloch, 1977
  7. Species Parafissurina acuticosta Ujiié, 1990
  8. Species Parafissurina adamantistoma McCulloch, 1977
  9. Species Parafissurina admiralis McCulloch, 1977
  10. Species Parafissurina anteriocostata McCulloch, 1977
  11. Species Parafissurina aperta (Matthes, 1939) †
  12. Species Parafissurina applanata McCulloch, 1977
  13. Species Parafissurina arctica Green, 1959
  14. Species Parafissurina arubaensis McCulloch, 1981
  15. Species Parafissurina arubiana McCulloch, 1981
  16. Species Parafissurina asteriata McCulloch, 1977
  17. Species Parafissurina aventricosa McCulloch, 1977
  18. Species Parafissurina bandita Boltovskoy & Giussani de Kahn, 1983 †
  19. Species Parafissurina barri (Cushman & Stainforth, 1945) †
  20. Species Parafissurina basibullata McCulloch, 1977
  21. Species Parafissurina basicarinata Parr, 1950 †
  22. Species Parafissurina basispinata McCulloch, 1977
  23. Species Parafissurina basispinatiformis McCulloch, 1977
  24. Species Parafissurina biannulata Parr, 1950 †
  25. Species Parafissurina bicarinata Lukina, 1980
  26. Species Parafissurina bicaudiculata McCulloch, 1977
  27. Species Parafissurina biconica (Silvestri, 1902)
  28. Species Parafissurina biconicoformis McCulloch, 1977
  29. Species Parafissurina biplanata McCulloch, 1977
  30. Species Parafissurina boonei McCulloch, 1977
  31. Species Parafissurina botelliformis (Brady, 1881)
  32. Species Parafissurina buchneri Ujiié, 1990
  33. Species Parafissurina caelata (Buchner, 1940)
  34. Species Parafissurina caelatiformis McCulloch, 1977
  35. Species Parafissurina caledoniana McCulloch, 1981
  36. Species Parafissurina carinata (Buchner, 1940) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Lagena fasciata var. carinata Sidebottom, 1906)
  37. Species Parafissurina carinistoma McCulloch, 1977
  38. Species Parafissurina carnosa McCulloch, 1977
  39. Species Parafissurina caudialata McCulloch, 1977
  40. Species Parafissurina caudicarinata McCulloch, 1977
  41. Species Parafissurina claricincta McCulloch, 1977
  42. Species Parafissurina claricinctiformis McCulloch, 1977
  43. Species Parafissurina clavigera (Buchner, 1940)
  44. Species Parafissurina compta (Buchner, 1940)
  45. Species Parafissurina condensata McCulloch, 1977
  46. Species Parafissurina cor (Wiesner, 1931)
  47. Species Parafissurina cordata McCulloch, 1977
  48. Species Parafissurina cordatiformis McCulloch, 1977
  49. Species Parafissurina coriformis McCulloch, 1977
  50. Species Parafissurina corpulenta McCulloch, 1977
  51. Species Parafissurina costata Ujiié, Ichikura & Kurihara, 1983 †
  52. Species Parafissurina costulata Jones, 1984 †
  53. Species Parafissurina cucullata (Chapman & Parr, 1937)
  54. Species Parafissurina cucullatiformis McCulloch, 1977
  55. Species Parafissurina curta Parr, 1950
  56. Species Parafissurina curvans (Buchner, 1940)
  57. Species Parafissurina curvata Mohan & Bhatt, 1968 †
  58. Species Parafissurina curvitubulosa (McCulloch, 1977)
  59. Species Parafissurina davisi McCulloch, 1981
  60. Species Parafissurina decipiens McCulloch, 1977
  61. Species Parafissurina depressiformis McCulloch, 1977
  62. Species Parafissurina discalis McCulloch, 1977
  63. Species Parafissurina dohrnii (Buchner, 1940)
  64. Species Parafissurina dolosa McCulloch, 1977
  65. Species Parafissurina dorbignyana (Wiesner, 1931)
  66. Species Parafissurina dzemetinica Yanko, 1982 †
  67. Species Parafissurina elcockiana (Millett, 1901)
  68. Species Parafissurina elcockiformis McCulloch, 1977
  69. Species Parafissurina erecta McCulloch, 1977
  70. Species Parafissurina erectiformis McCulloch, 1977
  71. Species Parafissurina exiguiformis McCulloch, 1977
  72. Species Parafissurina explanata McCulloch, 1977
  73. Species Parafissurina explicata McCulloch, 1977
  74. Species Parafissurina fabiformis (Buchner, 1940) †
  75. Species Parafissurina faceta McCulloch, 1977
  76. Species Parafissurina felsinea (Fornasini, 1894)
  77. Species Parafissurina fijiensis (Cushman, 1931) †
  78. Species Parafissurina flabellifera McCulloch, 1977
  79. Species Parafissurina follicula Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
  80. Species Parafissurina fornasinii (Buchner, 1940)
  81. Species Parafissurina frailensis McCulloch, 1977
  82. Species Parafissurina fusiformis (Wiesner, 1931)
  83. Species Parafissurina fusuliformis Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
  84. Species Parafissurina garyi McCulloch, 1981
  85. Species Parafissurina groenlandica Shchedrina, 1946
  86. Species Parafissurina gutta Troitskaya, 1979
  87. Species Parafissurina hamata McCulloch, 1977
  88. Species Parafissurina hemisphaerica Petri, 1957 †
  89. Species Parafissurina himatiostoma Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
  90. Species Parafissurina hongkongensis McCulloch, 1977
  91. Species Parafissurina humilis McCulloch, 1977
  92. Species Parafissurina impariliformis McCulloch, 1977
  93. Species Parafissurina impisinna McCulloch, 1977
  94. Species Parafissurina inaequalabiata Yassini & Jones, 1995
  95. Species Parafissurina inaequilateralis (Wright, 1886)
  96. Species Parafissurina inflatiformis McCulloch, 1981
  97. Species Parafissurina infrons McCulloch, 1977
  98. Species Parafissurina inornata Bergen, 1986 †
  99. Species Parafissurina integra McCulloch, 1977
  100. Species Parafissurina invaginata (Sidebottom, 1913)
  101. Species Parafissurina inversa (Wiesner, 1931)
  102. Species Parafissurina irregularis (Sidebottom, 1906)
  103. Species Parafissurina kallima McCulloch, 1977
  104. Species Parafissurina kiyosumiensis Aoki, 1964 †
  105. Species Parafissurina kladerorhektis Patterson & Burbidge, 1995 †
  106. Species Parafissurina laculata McCulloch, 1977
  107. Species Parafissurina laeta McCulloch, 1977
  108. Species Parafissurina lageniformis Neagu, 1968 †
  109. Species Parafissurina lata (Wiesner, 1931)
  110. Species Parafissurina lateralis (Cushman, 1913)
  111. Species Parafissurina laticarinata McCulloch, 1977
  112. Species Parafissurina laticaudata McCulloch, 1977
  113. Species Parafissurina laticordata McCulloch, 1977
  114. Species Parafissurina latovata McCulloch, 1977
  115. Species Parafissurina lenticulata Conato & Segre, 1974 †
  116. Species Parafissurina limpidiformis McCulloch, 1977
  117. Species Parafissurina loburgense Schudack & Nuglisch, 2000 †
  118. Species Parafissurina magnilabiata Parr, 1950
  119. Species Parafissurina malcolmsonii (Wright, 1911)
  120. Species Parafissurina marginata (Wiesner, 1931)
  121. Species Parafissurina mauricensis (Howe & Roberts, 1939)
  122. Species Parafissurina minuta Zheng, 1979
  123. Species Parafissurina minutiformis McCulloch, 1977
  124. Species Parafissurina mitrata McCulloch, 1977
  125. Species Parafissurina neocircularis McCulloch, 1977
  126. Species Parafissurina neocurta McCulloch, 1977
  127. Species Parafissurina neoventricosa McCulloch, 1977
  128. Species Parafissurina oblonga Zheng, 1979
  129. Species Parafissurina oblongiformis McCulloch, 1977
  130. Species Parafissurina obsoleta McCulloch, 1977
  131. Species Parafissurina obtusa (Egger, 1857) †
  132. Species Parafissurina ovalis Todd, 1957 †
  133. Species Parafissurina ovata (Wiesner, 1931)
  134. Species Parafissurina panniculata McCulloch, 1977
  135. Species Parafissurina parri Lukina, 1972 †
  136. Species Parafissurina paterifera McCulloch, 1977
  137. Species Parafissurina patuliformis McCulloch, 1981
  138. Species Parafissurina paulula McCulloch, 1977
  139. Species Parafissurina pilatizonata McCulloch, 1977
  140. Species Parafissurina planulata McCulloch, 1977
  141. Species Parafissurina praecoronata McCulloch, 1977
  142. Species Parafissurina procidua McCulloch, 1977
  143. Species Parafissurina profusa McCulloch, 1977
  144. Species Parafissurina prolatolonga Patterson & Burbidge, 1995 †
  145. Species Parafissurina protoquadrata McCulloch, 1977
  146. Species Parafissurina protrusa McCulloch, 1977
  147. Species Parafissurina provoluta Troitskaya, 1979
  148. Species Parafissurina pseudocarinata Jones, 1984 †
  149. Species Parafissurina pseudofelsinea Yassini & Jones, 1995
  150. Species Parafissurina pseudolateralis Jones, 1984 †
  151. Species Parafissurina pseudomarginata (Buchner, 1940)
  152. Species Parafissurina quadrata Parr, 1950 †
  153. Species Parafissurina quadrispinata Zheng, 1979
  154. Species Parafissurina reducta (Buchner, 1940)
  155. Species Parafissurina reflecta Zheng, 1979
  156. Species Parafissurina reniformis (Sidebottom, 1913)
  157. Species Parafissurina renilla McCulloch, 1977
  158. Species Parafissurina resupina McCulloch, 1977
  159. Species Parafissurina revertibicarinata McCulloch, 1977
  160. Species Parafissurina reverticarinata McCulloch, 1977
  161. Species Parafissurina ringens McCulloch, 1981
  162. Species Parafissurina ruda McCulloch, 1981
  163. Species Parafissurina saturni (Buchner, 1940)
  164. Species Parafissurina schlichti (Silvestri, 1902)
  165. Species Parafissurina semidevestiva McCulloch, 1977
  166. Species Parafissurina semilucida McCulloch, 1977
  167. Species Parafissurina seorsa McCulloch, 1977
  168. Species Parafissurina simplissima McCulloch, 1977
  169. Species Parafissurina spinosa Parr, 1950
  170. Species Parafissurina spinulata Popescu & Crihan, 2004 †
  171. Species Parafissurina stenosoma McCulloch, 1977
  172. Species Parafissurina subcarinata Parr, 1950
  173. Species Parafissurina subcircularis Parr, 1950
  174. Species Parafissurina sublata Parr, 1950
  175. Species Parafissurina subovata Parr, 1950
  176. Species Parafissurina subquadrata (Parr, 1945)
  177. Species Parafissurina subtesta McCulloch, 1977
  178. Species Parafissurina subventricosa McCulloch, 1977
  179. Species Parafissurina symmetrica McCulloch, 1977
  180. Species Parafissurina tasmanica Parr, 1950
  181. Species Parafissurina tectulostoma Loeblich & Tappan, 1953
  182. Species Parafissurina telocarinata McCulloch, 1977
  183. Species Parafissurina tetranodosa McCulloch, 1977
  184. Species Parafissurina tetraplanata McCulloch, 1977
  185. Species Parafissurina thryptica Clark, 1995
  186. Species Parafissurina torulosa McCulloch, 1977
  187. Species Parafissurina tricarinata Parr, 1950
  188. Species Parafissurina ultracompressa McCulloch, 1977
  189. Species Parafissurina uncifera McCulloch, 1977
  190. Species Parafissurina uncifera (Buchner, 1940)
  191. Species Parafissurina uncinata McCulloch, 1977
  192. Species Parafissurina undulata McCulloch, 1977
  193. Species Parafissurina unguisiformis McCulloch, 1977
  194. Species Parafissurina variata McCulloch, 1981
  195. Species Parafissurina ventricosa (Silvestri, 1904)
  196. Species Parafissurina vidriosa Boltovskoy & Giussani de Kahn, 1983 †
  197. Species Parafissurina wiesneri Parr, 1950
  198. Species Parafissurina bidens (Cushman, 1930) † accepted as Fissurina bidens (Cushman, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Poag (1966))
  199. Species Parafissurina marginoradiata McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Pseudofissurina marginoradiata (McCulloch, 1977)
  200. Species Parafissurina metaconica McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Pseudofissurina metaconica (McCulloch, 1977) (Opinion of Jones (1984))
  201. Species Parafissurina millettiformis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Walterparria millettiformis (McCulloch, 1977) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
  202. Species Parafissurina millettii (Chaster, 1892) accepted as Walterparria millettii (Chaster, 1892) (Type species of Walterparria)
  203. Species Parafissurina multicosta (Karrer, 1877) accepted as Pseudoolina multicosta (Karrer, 1877)
  204. Species Parafissurina pakistanica Anan, 2021 † (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)
  205. Species Parafissurina quaternaria McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Pseudofissurina quaternaria (McCulloch, 1977)
  206. Species Parafissurina scaphaeformis Parr, 1950 accepted as Ventrostoma scaphaeformis (Parr, 1950) accepted as Ventrostoma scaphaeforme (Parr, 1950)
  207. Species Parafissurina simplicita (Matthes, 1939) accepted as Parafissurina fusiformis (Wiesner, 1931) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  208. Species Parafissurina staphyllearia (Schwager, 1866) accepted as Fissurina staphyllearia Schwager, 1866
  209. Species Parafissurina unguis (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913) accepted as Wiesnerina unguis (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913) (Type species of Wiesnerina)
  210. Species Parafissurina valida (Matthes, 1939) accepted as Parafissurina dorbignyana (Wiesner, 1931) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  211. Species Parafissurina elcockiformis McCulloch, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Junior homonym and different species from Parafissurina elcockiformis McCulloch, 1977)
  212. Species Parafissurina oblongiformis McCulloch, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Junior homonym and different species from Parafissurina oblongiformis McCulloch, 1977)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Parr, W. J. (1947). The Lagenid Foraminifera and their Relationships. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 58: 116-133., available online at http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/147965
page(s): pp. 123-124 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Diagnosis Test unilocular, slightly compressed, peripheral margin rounded to weakly carinate; wall calcareous, surface smooth;...  
Diagnosis Test unilocular, slightly compressed, peripheral margin rounded to weakly carinate; wall calcareous, surface smooth; aperture crescentic, subterminal, the dorsal margin projecting beyond the opening in a hoodlike extension, entosolenian tube curved and attached to the inner dorsal wall. M. Eocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Parafissurina Parr, 1947. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112158 on 2025-07-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gross, Onno
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
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Martinez, Olga
2013-03-08 15:09:52Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2014-04-21 08:43:32Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2017-06-27 09:46:58Z
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Le Coze, François

original description Parr, W. J. (1947). The Lagenid Foraminifera and their Relationships. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> 58: 116-133., available online at http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/147965
page(s): pp. 123-124 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , 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  PDF available [request]
 
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Diagnosis Test unilocular, slightly compressed, peripheral margin rounded to weakly carinate; wall calcareous, surface smooth; aperture crescentic, subterminal, the dorsal margin projecting beyond the opening in a hoodlike extension, entosolenian tube curved and attached to the inner dorsal wall. M. Eocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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