Foraminifera taxon details
Virgulopsis Finlay, 1939
112185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112185)
accepted
Genus
Virgulopsis pustulata Finlay, 1939 † (type by original designation)
- Species Virgulopsis costata Hornibrook, 1961 †
- Species Virgulopsis implexa Wang & Zheng, 1981 †
- Species Virgulopsis junior Hornibrook, 1961 †
- Species Virgulopsis kasselensis (Batjes, 1958) †
- Species Virgulopsis marksi Popescu & Crihan, 2005 †
- Species Virgulopsis orientalis Ho & Hu, 1978
- Species Virgulopsis pustulata Finlay, 1939 †
- Species Virgulopsis pygmaeus McNeil, 1997 †
- Species Virgulopsis reticulata Hornibrook, 1961 †
- Species Virgulopsis spinea (Cushman, 1936)
- Species Virgulopsis tuberculata (Egger, 1857) †
- Species Virgulopsis turris (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922)
- Species Virgulopsis pupoides (Nyírő, 1954) † accepted as Corrosina pupoides Nyírő, 1954 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Finlay, H. J. (1939). New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy - No. 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 69: 309-329., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_69/rsnz_69_03_003140.html
page(s): p. 321 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 321 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test elongate, enlarging gradually, oval in section, chambers subglobular, triserial in the early stage, later biserial,...
Diagnosis Test elongate, enlarging gradually, oval in section, chambers subglobular, triserial in the early stage, later biserial, sutures straight, depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface finely pustulose to reticulate; aperture a curved loop extending up the apertural face in a slight depression, may be bordered by a low rim, presence or absence of toothplate unknown. U. Oligocene (Chattian) to Holocene; New Zealand. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Virgulopsis Finlay, 1939. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112185 on 2026-07-05
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2006-09-29 11:38:53Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Finlay, H. J. (1939). New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy - No. 3. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 69: 309-329., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_69/rsnz_69_03_003140.html
page(s): p. 321 [details] Available for editors [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, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., 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 [request]
additional source Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 321 [details] Available for editors
[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, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., 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
[request]additional source Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test elongate, enlarging gradually, oval in section, chambers subglobular, triserial in the early stage, later biserial, sutures straight, depressed; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface finely pustulose to reticulate; aperture a curved loop extending up the apertural face in a slight depression, may be bordered by a low rim, presence or absence of toothplate unknown. U. Oligocene (Chattian) to Holocene; New Zealand. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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