Foraminifera taxon details
Renulina Lamarck, 1804 †
709237 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709237)
accepted
Genus
Renulina opercularia (Lamarck, 1804) † (type by monotypy)
Renulites Lamarck, 1804 † · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan,...)
Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nom. superfl.
- Species Renulina cretacea Pérébaskine, 1944 †
- Species Renulina opercularia (Lamarck, 1804) †
- Species Renulina complanata Defrance in Blainville, 1824 † accepted as Frondicularia complanata (Defrance in Blainville, 1824) (Opinion of d'Orbigny (1826))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de. (1804). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 5: 349-357, pl. (15)17 [publ. 1807 in vol. 9]. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3497271
page(s): p. 353 [details]
page(s): p. 353 [details]
Diagnosis Test flattened, proloculus followed by tubular chamber of a full whorl in length, chambers then gradually shortened to two...
Diagnosis Test flattened, proloculus followed by tubular chamber of a full whorl in length, chambers then gradually shortened to two or three per whorl, close coiled and planispiral at first, later expanding rapidly in height and breadth, and flaring to form an almost flabelliform test, although the chambers continue to touch the early coil and do not uncoil or become rectilinear, interior of chambers simple and undivided; wall porcelaneous, surface smooth, aperture a single elongate and narrow terminal slit extending across the terminal face of the final chamber. M. Eocene (Lutetian); France. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Renulina Lamarck, 1804 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709237 on 2026-04-16
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Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de. (1804). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 5: 349-357, pl. (15)17 [publ. 1807 in vol. 9]. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3497271
page(s): p. 353 [details]
original description (of Renulites Lamarck, 1804 †) Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de. (1804). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 5: 349-357, pl. (15)17 [publ. 1807 in vol. 9]. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3497271
page(s): p. 353; note: The ending 'ites' added to Renulina is meant to indicate fossil species. [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. 353 [details]
original description (of Renulites Lamarck, 1804 †) Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de. (1804). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 5: 349-357, pl. (15)17 [publ. 1807 in vol. 9]. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3497271
page(s): p. 353; note: The ending 'ites' added to Renulina is meant to indicate fossil species. [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 flattened, proloculus followed by tubular chamber of a full whorl in length, chambers then gradually shortened to two or three per whorl, close coiled and planispiral at first, later expanding rapidly in height and breadth, and flaring to form an almost flabelliform test, although the chambers continue to touch the early coil and do not uncoil or become rectilinear, interior of chambers simple and undivided; wall porcelaneous, surface smooth, aperture a single elongate and narrow terminal slit extending across the terminal face of the final chamber. M. Eocene (Lutetian); France. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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