Foraminifera taxon details
Marssonella Cushman, 1933 †
520877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:520877)
accepted
Genus
Gaudryina oxycona Reuss, 1860 † accepted as Marssonella oxycona (Reuss, 1860) † (type by original designation)
- Species Marssonella agalarovae Poroshina, 1988 †
- Species Marssonella altisuturalis Poag, 1966 †
- Species Marssonella angulata Israelsky, 1951 †
- Species Marssonella angulata Colom, 1980 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Marssonella angulata Israelsky, 1951)
- Species Marssonella araksensis Azizbekova, 1978 †
- Species Marssonella bajosica Kasimova & Aliyeva, 1970 †
- Species Marssonella busgovensis Azizbekova, 1978 †
- Species Marssonella conica Gauger, 1953 †
- Species Marssonella conica Olsson, 1960 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Marssonella conica Gauger, 1953)
- Species Marssonella crassa (Marsson, 1878) † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Gaudryina crassa Karrer, 1870)
- Species Marssonella depressiseptata Azbel, 1977 †
- Species Marssonella djagrytchayensis Azizbekova, 1978 †
- Species Marssonella gomelina Akimets, 1970 †
- Species Marssonella hafitensis Anan, 2003 †
- Species Marssonella impendens Israelsky, 1951 †
- Species Marssonella insperata Bulynnikova, 1962 †
- Species Marssonella kjapasica Kasimova, 1960 †
- Species Marssonella laevigata (Marie, 1941) †
- Species Marssonella lodoensis Israelsky, 1951 †
- Species Marssonella longa Morozova, 1967 †
- Species Marssonella metaeformis Espitalié & Sigal, 1963 †
- Species Marssonella morzgensis Harsono, 1965 †
- Species Marssonella nakhitchevanica Azizbekova, 1978 †
- Species Marssonella nammalensis Haque, 1956 †
- Species Marssonella neocomica (Khalilov, 1951) †
- Species Marssonella oxycona (Reuss, 1860) †
- Species Marssonella ozawai Cushman, 1936 †
- Species Marssonella subtrochus Bartenstein, 1962 †
- Species Marssonella tcharagica Kasimova, 1970 †
- Species Marssonella traubi Hagn, 1956 †
- Species Marssonella trochoides (Marsson, 1878) †
- Species Marssonella trochus (d'Orbigny, 1840) †
- Species Marssonella turris (d'Orbigny, 1840) †
- Species Marssonella doneziana Dain, 1958 † accepted as Protomarssonella doneziana (Dain, 1958) † (Opinion of Olszewska (2010))
- Species Marssonella ellisorae Cushman, 1936 † accepted as Dorothia ellisorae (Cushman, 1936) † (Opinion of Sliter (1968))
- Species Marssonella hauteriviana Moullade, 1961 † accepted as Praedorothia hauteriviana (Moullade, 1961) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Szydlo (2011))
- Species Marssonella hechti (Dieni & Massari, 1966) † accepted as Protomarssonella hechti (Dieni & Massari, 1966) †
- Species Marssonella indentata (Cushman & Jarvis, 1928) † accepted as Dorothia indentata (Cushman & Jarvis, 1928) †
- Species Marssonella iranica Anan, 2026 † (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 Marssonella jurassica Mityanina, 1957 † accepted as Dorothia jurassica (Mityanina, 1957) † accepted as Protomarssonella jurassica (Mityanina, 1957) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Bielecka (1988))
- Species Marssonella keijzeri van Bellen, 1946 † accepted as Vacuovalvulina keijzeri (van Bellen, 1946) † (Type species of Vacuovalvulina)
- Species Marssonella kummi Zedler, 1961 † accepted as Dorothia kummi (Zedler, 1961) † accepted as Protomarssonella kummi (Zedler, 1961) † (Opinion of Samyschkina (1983))
- Species Marssonella ouachensis Sigal, 1952 † accepted as Praedorothia ouachensis (Sigal, 1952) † (Opinion of Holbourn and Kaminski (1997))
- Species Marssonella oxyconoidea (Zheng, 1988) accepted as Dorothia oxyconoides Zheng, 1988 (Marssonella is a Cretaceous genus)
- Species Marssonella praeoxycona (Moullade, 1966) † accepted as Protomarssonella praeoxycona (Moullade, 1966) †
- Species Marssonella pseudocostata Antonova, 1964 † accepted as Dorothia ouachensis (Sigal, 1952) † accepted as Praedorothia ouachensis (Sigal, 1952) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Plotnikova (1976) [Subjective junior synonym of Marssonella neocomica (Khalilov, 1951) in opinion of Poroshina in Alizadeh (1988)])
- Species Marssonella rugosa Hanzlíková, 1955 † accepted as Rectoprotomarssonella rugosa (Hanzlíková, 1955) † (Type species of Rectoprotomarssonella)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at http://www.cushmanfoundation.org/archival-publications/
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Diagnosis Test conical, circular in section, with tiny early trochospire of four to five chambers per whorl followed by a biserial...
Diagnosis Test conical, circular in section, with tiny early trochospire of four to five chambers per whorl followed by a biserial stage of rapidly increasing diameter, terminal face flattened to concave; wall agglutinated, commonly of calcareous particles on an organic lining, canaliculate; aperture a low basal arch with a narrow bordering flap. L. to U. Cretaceous; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Marssonella Cushman, 1933 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=520877 on 2026-09-10
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Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at http://www.cushmanfoundation.org/archival-publications/
page(s): p. 36 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 36 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test conical, circular in section, with tiny early trochospire of four to five chambers per whorl followed by a biserial stage of rapidly increasing diameter, terminal face flattened to concave; wall agglutinated, commonly of calcareous particles on an organic lining, canaliculate; aperture a low basal arch with a narrow bordering flap. L. to U. Cretaceous; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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