Foraminifera name details
Discanomalina japonica Asano, 1951
479257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:479257)
unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym of Discanomalina semipunctata in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987), Hayward et al. (2010))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Asano, K. (1951). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Tertiary Smaller Foraminifera, Part 13, Anomalinidae. <em>Tokyo: Hosokawa Printing Company.</em> 12-19.
page(s): p. 13 fig. 3-5 [details]
page(s): p. 13 fig. 3-5 [details]
Note A road - side cutting at Nojimaura, Kanazawa -...
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Type locality A road - side cutting at Nojimaura, Kanazawa - machi (Nojima - machi, Kanazawa - ku), Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref., Japan (35^19.5'N, 139^39.2'E). Data compiled from Palaeontological Society of Japan and Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (2025): https://gbank.gsj.jp/FossilType/ [details]
Fossil range Age: Pliocene; Formation name: Nojima Formation
Type specimen Holotype: IGPS no. 67129. Data compiled from Palaeontological Society of Japan and Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (2025):...
Fossil range Age: Pliocene; Formation name: Nojima Formation [details]
Type specimen Holotype: IGPS no. 67129. Data compiled from Palaeontological Society of Japan and Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (2025):...
Type specimen Holotype: IGPS no. 67129. Data compiled from Palaeontological Society of Japan and Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (2025): https://gbank.gsj.jp/FossilType/ [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Discanomalina japonica Asano, 1951. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=479257 on 2026-06-25
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Asano, K. (1951). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Tertiary Smaller Foraminifera, Part 13, Anomalinidae. <em>Tokyo: Hosokawa Printing Company.</em> 12-19.
page(s): p. 13 fig. 3-5 [details]
source of synonymy Hayward, B.W.; Grenfell, H.R.; Sabaa, A.T.; Neil, H.; Buzas, M.A. (2010). Recent New Zealand deep-water benthic foraminifera: taxonomy, ecologic distribution, biogeography, and use in paleoenvironmental assessment. <em>Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences monograph.</em> 26: 363 p., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256078592 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Medioli, F. S.; Scott, D. B. (1978). Emendation of the Genus Discanomalina Asano and Its Implications on the Taxonomy of Some of the Attached Foraminiferal Forms. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 24(3): 291-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485387 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 13 fig. 3-5 [details]
source of synonymy Hayward, B.W.; Grenfell, H.R.; Sabaa, A.T.; Neil, H.; Buzas, M.A. (2010). Recent New Zealand deep-water benthic foraminifera: taxonomy, ecologic distribution, biogeography, and use in paleoenvironmental assessment. <em>Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences monograph.</em> 26: 363 p., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256078592 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Medioli, F. S.; Scott, D. B. (1978). Emendation of the Genus Discanomalina Asano and Its Implications on the Taxonomy of Some of the Attached Foraminiferal Forms. <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 24(3): 291-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485387 [details] Available for editors
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Fossil range Age: Pliocene; Formation name: Nojima Formation [details]Type locality A road - side cutting at Nojimaura, Kanazawa - machi (Nojima - machi, Kanazawa - ku), Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref., Japan (35^19.5'N, 139^39.2'E). Data compiled from Palaeontological Society of Japan and Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (2025): https://gbank.gsj.jp/FossilType/ [details]
Type specimen Holotype: IGPS no. 67129. Data compiled from Palaeontological Society of Japan and Geological Survey of Japan, AIST (2025): https://gbank.gsj.jp/FossilType/ [details]