WoRMS taxon details
Nonioninae Schultze, 1854
- Genus Evolutononion Wang, 1964
- Genus Nonion Montfort, 1808
- Species Nonion akitaense Asano, 1950
- Species Nonion armatum (Brady, 1884)
- Species Nonion asanoi (Whittaker & Hodgkinson, 1979)
- Species Nonion belfordi Clark, 1994
- Species Nonion boueanum (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Nonion chincaensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Nonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Nonion crassulum (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
- Species Nonion ellipticum (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904)
- Species Nonion exponens (Brady, Parker & Jones, 1888)
- Species Nonion faba (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
- Species Nonion formosum (Seguenza, 1880)
- Species Nonion grossepertusum Loeblich & Tappan, 1994
- Species Nonion hancocki Cushman & McCulloch, 1940
- Species Nonion laevigatum (d'Orbigny in Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Species Nonion lankfordi Uchio, 1960
- Species Nonion limbum (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865)
- Species Nonion nicobarense Cushman, 1936
- Species Nonion pacificum (Cushman, 1924)
- Species Nonion parkeri Le Calvez, 1959
- Species Nonion politum (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902)
- Species Nonion saltonensis Arnal, 1958
- Species Nonion sanbenitoensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Nonion sinense [Wang, 1978]
- Species Nonion sloanii (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonion subdilatatum Zheng, 1979
- Species Nonion sublitoralis Troitskaya, 1973
- Species Nonion subturgidum (Cushman, 1924)
- Species Nonion tannerbankensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Nonion tisburyensis Butcher, 1948
- Species Nonion umbilicatulum (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
- Subgenus Nonion (Cribrononion) Thalmann, 1947 accepted as Cribrononion Thalmann, 1947 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Nonion affine (Reuss, 1851) accepted as Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)
- Species Nonion aimonoi Matsunaga, 1963 accepted as Nonion affine (Reuss, 1851) (junior synonym opinion of Scott et al. (2000))
- Species Nonion asterizans (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Hanzawaia asterizans (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
- Species Nonion barleeanum (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858) (superseded combination)
- Variety Nonion barleeanum var. inflatum van Voorthuysen, 1950 accepted as Anomalinoides barleeanum var. zandamae van Voorthuysen, 1952 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Nomen novum in Thalmann (1952) Secondary junior homonym)
- Species Nonion cassidulinoides Hornibrook, 1961 accepted as Nonion pauperatum (Balkwill & Wright, 1885) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of S. Kawagata (pers comm 2015))
- Species Nonion communis (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Nonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1846) (Genus is neuter)
- Species Nonion depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Haynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
- Variety Nonion depressula var. matagordana Kornfeld, 1931 accepted as Nonion depressulum var. matagordanum Kornfeld, 1931 (Genus is neuter)
- Species Nonion depressulum (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Haynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
- Species Nonion depressulus (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Haynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
- Species Nonion depressum (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Haynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798) (Incorrect subsequent spelling in Gross (2001))
- Species Nonion elongatum (d'Orbigny, 1852) accepted as Nonionoides elongatus (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- Species Nonion elypticum (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904) accepted as Nonion ellipticum (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904) (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Nonion fabum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Nonion faba (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) ('faba': 'bean' is a noun not an adjective)
- Species Nonion flemingi Vella, 1957 accepted as Nonionellina flemingi (Vella, 1957)
- Species Nonion germanica (Ehrenberg, 1840) accepted as Haynesina germanica (Ehrenberg, 1840) (superseded combination)
- Species Nonion germanicum (Ehrenberg, 1840) accepted as Haynesina germanica (Ehrenberg, 1840)
- Species Nonion germanicus (Ehrenberg, 1840) accepted as Haynesina germanica (Ehrenberg, 1840) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nonion glabrum He, Hu & Wang, 1965 accepted as Protelphidium glabrum (He, Hu & Wang, 1965) (Opinion of Wang et al. (1988), Lei and Li (2016))
- Species Nonion granosum (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Porosononion granosum (d'Orbigny, 1846) †
- Species Nonion granosus (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Porosononion granosum (d'Orbigny, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nonion grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Nonionoides grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonion japonicum Asano, 1938 accepted as Nonion asanoi (Whittaker & Hodgkinson, 1979) (Replacement name for Nonion japonicum Asano, 1938 considered a junior homonym of Pseudononion japonicum Asano, 1936 by Whittaker & Hodgkinson, 1979)
- Species Nonion labradoricum (Dawson, 1860) accepted as Nonionella labradorica (Dawson, 1860)
- Species Nonion manpukuziensis Otuka, 1932 accepted as Florilus manpukuziensis (Otuka, 1932)
- Species Nonion martkobi Bogdanovich, 1947 accepted as Porosononion martkobi (Bogdanovich, 1947) (Opinion of Yanko and Troitskaya (1987))
- Species Nonion nicobarensis Cushman, 1936 accepted as Nonion nicobarense Cushman, 1936 (Opinion of Cushman (1939) [genus is neuter])
- Species Nonion niveum Lafrenz, 1963 accepted as Protelphidium niveum (Lafrenz, 1963) (Opinion of Voltski, I., Korsun, S., Pillet, L., Pawlowski, J. (2015))
- Species Nonion orbiculare (Brady, 1881) accepted as Haynesina orbicularis (Brady, 1881)
- Species Nonion padanum Perconig, 1954 accepted as Melonis padanus (Perconig, 1954)
- Species Nonion paralium Tintant, 1954 accepted as Protelphidium paralium (Tintant, 1954) (Opinion of Blanc-Vernet et al. (1979))
- Species Nonion parkerae Uchio, 1960 accepted as Melonis parkerae (Uchio, 1960)
- Species Nonion pauciloculum Cushman, 1944 accepted as Haynesina paucilocula (Cushman, 1944)
- Subspecies Nonion pauciloculum subsp. albiumbilicatum Weiss, 1954 accepted as Cribroelphidium albiumbilicatum (Weiss, 1954) (Genus transfer)
- Species Nonion pauperatum (Balkwill & Wright, 1885) accepted as Subanomalina pauperata (Balkwill & Wright, 1885) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of S. Kawagata (pers comm 2015))
- Species Nonion pauperatus (Balkwill & Wright, 1885) accepted as Subanomalina pauperata (Balkwill & Wright, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nonion pizarrense Berry, 1928 accepted as Nonion pizarrensis Berry, 1928 † (Genus is masculine)
- Species Nonion pompilioides (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Melonis pompilioides (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) (superseded combination)
- Species Nonion scapha (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Nonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1846) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Nautilus scapha F & M, 1798 is a primary junior homonym of N. scapha de Wulfen, 1791. Subjective senior synonym Opinion of Rögl and Hansen (1984))
- Forma Nonion scapha f. bradii (Chapman, 1916) accepted as Nonionella bradii (Chapman, 1916)
- Species Nonion scaphum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Nonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1846) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Nautilus scapha F & M, 1798 is a primary junior homonym of N. scapha de Wulfen, 1791. Subjective senior synonym Opinion of Rögl and Hansen (1984))
- Species Nonion sinensis [Wang, 1978] accepted as Nonion sinense [Wang, 1978] (Genus is neuter)
- Species Nonion soldanii (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Melonis pompilioides (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Batjes (1956) & Papp & Schmid (1985))
- Species Nonion stelligerum (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Astrononion stelligerum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonion subcarinatum (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Pullenia subcarinata (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonion turgida (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Nonionoides turgidus (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Nonion turgidus (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Nonionoides turgidus (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Nonion zaandami (van Voorthuysen, 1952) accepted as Melonis zaandami (van Voorthuysen, 1952)
- Subspecies Nonion zaandami subsp. bosoensis Kuwano, 1962 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Nonionella Cushman, 1926
- Species Nonionella anticlea Saidova, 1975
- Species Nonionella arubaensis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Nonionella astricta McCulloch, 1965
- Species Nonionella auricula Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930
- Species Nonionella auris (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonionella basiloba Cushman & McCulloch, 1940
- Species Nonionella bradii (Chapman, 1916)
- Species Nonionella cordiformis (Costa, 1856)
- Species Nonionella differens McCulloch, 1981
- Species Nonionella digitata Nørvang, 1945
- Species Nonionella disgrega McCulloch, 1981
- Species Nonionella excavata Collins, 1981
- Species Nonionella fragilis Uchio, 1960
- Species Nonionella globosa Ishiwada, 1950
- Species Nonionella iridea Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
- Species Nonionella jacksonensis Cushman, 1933
- Species Nonionella lata Cushman & Valentine, 1930
- Species Nonionella magnalingua Finlay, 1940
- Species Nonionella miocenica Cushman, 1926
- Subspecies Nonionella miocenica subsp. gagarini Boltovskoy, 1954
- Variety Nonionella miocenica var. stella Cushman & Moyer, 1930 accepted as Nonionella stella Cushman & Moyer, 1930 (Opinion of Uchio (1960))
- Species Nonionella opima Cushman, 1947
- Species Nonionella plauta McCulloch, 1981
- Species Nonionella pulchella Hada, 1931
- Species Nonionella simplex (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Nonionella stella Cushman & Moyer, 1930
- Species Nonionella subchiliensis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Nonionella translucens Cushman, 1933
- Species Nonionella tredeca (Asano, 1936)
- Species Nonionella vortex Collins, 1974
- Species Nonionella aberrans Rhumbler, 1949 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Variety Nonionella aberrans var. turgidula Rhumbler, 1949 (uncertain, Not described Invalid)
- Variety Nonionella aberrans var. ventricosa Rhumbler, 1949 (uncertain, Not described Invalid)
- Species Nonionella antarctica (Saidova, 1957) accepted as Nonionellina antarctica Saidova, 1975
- Species Nonionella atlantica Cushman, 1947 accepted as Pseudononion japonicum Asano, 1936
- Species Nonionella basispinata (Cushman & Moyer, 1930) accepted as Pseudononion basispinatus (Cushman & Moyer, 1930) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nonionella chiliensis Cushman & Kellett, 1929 accepted as Pseudononion chiliensis (Cushman & Kellett, 1929) (Opinion of Kawagata and Kamihashi (2016))
- Species Nonionella communis (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Nonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Nonionella decora Cushman & McCulloch, 1940 accepted as Pseudononion decorum (Cushman & McCulloch, 1940) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Nonionella excavata (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Lamarckina excavata (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonionella flemingi (Vella, 1957) accepted as Nonionellina flemingi (Vella, 1957)
- Species Nonionella grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Nonionoides grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonionella japonica (Asano, 1936) accepted as Pseudononion japonicum Asano, 1936
- Species Nonionella japonica (Asano, 1938) accepted as Nonion asanoi (Whittaker & Hodgkinson, 1979) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Replacement name for Nonion japonicum Asano, 1938 considered a junior homonym of Pseudononion japonicum Asano, 1936 by Whittaker & Hodgkinson, 1979)
- Variety Nonionella japonica var. mexicana Cushman & McCulloch, 1940 accepted as Nonionella astricta McCulloch, 1965 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Secondary junior homonym of N. turgida mexicana (Nonion turgidus mexicanus Cole, 1927))
- Species Nonionella labradorica (Dawson, 1860) accepted as Nonionellina labradorica (Dawson, 1860)
- Species Nonionella limbatostriata Cushman, 1931 accepted as Pseudononion limbatostriatum (Cushman, 1931) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Nonionella minuta (Parker, 1954) accepted as Valvulineria minuta Parker, 1954 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Nonionella monicana Zalesny, 1959 accepted as Nonionella stella Cushman & Moyer, 1930 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, In opinion of Culver and Buzas (1986))
- Species Nonionella parri Cushman, 1936 accepted as Zeaflorilus parri (Cushman, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Type species of Zeaflorilus)
- Species Nonionella turgida (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Nonionoides turgidus (Williamson, 1858)
- Subspecies Nonionella turgida subsp. digitata Norvang, 1945 accepted as Nonionella digitata Nørvang, 1945
- Variety Nonionella turgida var. digitata Nørvang, 1945 accepted as Nonionella digitata Nørvang, 1945
- Genus Nonionellina Voloshinova, 1958
- Genus Nonionoides Saidova, 1975
- Species Nonionoides elongatus (d'Orbigny, 1852)
- Species Nonionoides grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonionoides punctulatus (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonionoides turgidus (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Nonionoides atlanticus (Cushman, 1947) accepted as Pseudononion japonicum Asano, 1936
- Species Nonionoides auris (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Nonionella auris (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Nonionoides belridgensis (Barbat & Johnson, 1934) accepted as Nonion belridgense Barbat & Johnson, 1934 †
- Species Nonionoides boueana (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Nonion boueanum (d'Orbigny, 1846)
- Species Nonionoides grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Nonionoides grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1839) (N. grateloupi 1826 is a nomen nudum)
- Species Nonionoides scaphum (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Nonion commune (d'Orbigny, 1846) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Nautilus scapha F & M, 1798 is a primary junior homonym of N. scapha de Wulfen, 1791. Subjective senior synonym Opinion of Rögl and Hansen (1984))
- Genus Pseudononion Asano, 1936
- Species Pseudononion basispinatus (Cushman & Moyer, 1930)
- Species Pseudononion chiliensis (Cushman & Kellett, 1929)
- Species Pseudononion cuevasensis Saunders & Müller-Merz, 1982
- Species Pseudononion decorum (Cushman & McCulloch, 1940)
- Species Pseudononion granuloumbilicatum Zheng, 1979
- Species Pseudononion japonicum Asano, 1936
- Species Pseudononion limbatostriatum (Cushman, 1931)
- Species Pseudononion minutum Zheng, 1978
- Species Pseudononion oinomikadoi Matsunaga, 1963
- Species Pseudononion shimodaense Aoki, 1967
- Species Pseudononion atlanticum (Cushman, 1947) accepted as Nonionella atlantica Cushman, 1947
- Species Pseudononion auricula (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930) accepted as Nonionella auricula Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930 (By majority usage)
- Species Pseudononion clavatum (Cushman, 1930) accepted as Elphidium clavatum Cushman, 1930
- Species Pseudononion granuloumbilicata Zheng, 1979 accepted as Pseudononion granuloumbilicatum Zheng, 1979 (Genus is neuter)
- Species Pseudononion grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Nonionoides grateloupii (d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Species Pseudononion tredecum Asano, 1936 accepted as Nonionella tredeca (Asano, 1936) (Opinion of Cushman (1939))
- Genus Subanomalina McCulloch, 1977
- Species Subanomalina differens McCulloch, 1977
- Species Subanomalina pauperata (Balkwill & Wright, 1885)
- Species Subanomalina guadalupensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonion pauperatum (Balkwill & Wright, 1885) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of S. Kawagata (pers comm 2015))
- Genus Zeaflorilus Vella, 1962
- Genus Abbottina McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonion Montfort, 1808 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Abbottina tannerbankensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonion tannerbankensis (McCulloch, 1977) (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Azera Khalilov, 1958 accepted as Nonion Montfort, 1808
- Genus Neoanomalina McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonion Montfort, 1808 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Neoanomalina chincaensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonion chincaensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Neoanomalina sanbenitoensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonion sanbenitoensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Genus Ziesenhenneia McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonionella Cushman, 1926 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Ziesenhenneia simplex McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Nonionella simplex (McCulloch, 1977) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, brackish, fresh
recent + fossil
Schultze, M. J. S. (1854). Über den Organismus der Polythalamien (Foraminiferen), nebst Bemerkungen über die Rhizopoden im allgemeinen. <em>Ingelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-68., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=o7rk00_xueQC [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Nonioninae Schultze, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721044 on 2025-06-16
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Schultze, M. J. S. (1854). Über den Organismus der Polythalamien (Foraminiferen), nebst Bemerkungen über die Rhizopoden im allgemeinen. <em>Ingelmann, Leipzig.</em> 1-68., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=o7rk00_xueQC [details]
basis of record 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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basis of record 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 moderately compressed, numerous chambers per whorl, height of whorl increasing rapidly; aperture a small interiomarginal equatorial opening. U. Cretaceous (Coniacian) to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]