MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Fursenkoina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961

ERMS taxon details

Fursenkoina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961

Virgulina squamosa

AphiaID

112111 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112111)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Virgulina squamosa d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832 accepted as Fursenkoina squamosa (d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832) (type by original designation)

Parent

Fursenkoininae Loeblich & Tappan, 1961

Original name

Fursenkoina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961

Synonymised names

Cassidella Hofker, 1953 · unaccepted (Opinion of Revets, 1996: Opinion...)

Opinion of Revets, 1996: Opinion ICZN 1834

Virgulina d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted (homonym)

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Species Fursenkoina bradyi (Cushman, 1922)
Species Fursenkoina complanata (Egger, 1893)
Species Fursenkoina davisi (Chapman & Parr, 1937)
Species Fursenkoina exilis (Cushman & Ellisor, 1939)
Species Fursenkoina schreibersiana (Cžjžek, 1848)
Species Fursenkoina squamosa (d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832)
Species Fursenkoina subacuta (d'Orbigny, 1852)
Species Fursenkoina subsquamosa (Egger, 1857)
Species Fursenkoina acuta (d'Orbigny, 1846) accepted as Fursenkoina subacuta (d'Orbigny, 1852) (unaccepted > junior homonym, Nomen novum in d'Orbigny (1852) Junior homonym of P. acuta Römer, 1838 [F. schreibersiana is an adult form of F. acuta in Opinion of Papp and Schmid (1985)])
Species Fursenkoina fusiformis (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Stainforthia fusiformis (Williamson, 1858)
Species Fursenkoina loeblichi (Feyling-Hanssen, 1954) accepted as Stainforthia loeblichi (Feyling-Hanssen, 1954) (superseded combination)
Species Fursenkoina mexicana (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Rutherfordoides mexicana (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Rutherfordoides mexicanus (Cushman, 1922) (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
Species Fursenkoina rotundata (Parr, 1950) accepted as Rutherfordoides rotundata (Parr, 1950) accepted as Rutherfordoides rotundatus (Parr, 1950)
Species Fursenkoina squammosa (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Fursenkoina squamosa (d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832) (Incorrect subsequent spelling (squamosa has only one 'm'))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1961). Suprageneric classification of the Rhizopodea. Journal of Paleontology. 35(2): 245-330.
page(s): p. 314 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Fursenkoina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112111 on 2026-08-18

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Fursenkoina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112111 on 2026-08-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-09-23 07:08:16Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-05-07 09:49:09Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2020-01-24 17:59:13Z

changed

Le Coze, François

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original description Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1961). Suprageneric classification of the Rhizopodea. Journal of Paleontology. 35(2): 245-330.
page(s): p. 314 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Cassidella Hofker, 1953) Hofker, J. (1953). Types of Genera Described in Part III of the "Siboga Foraminifera". The Micropaleontologist. 7(1): 26-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1483812
page(s): p. 26 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Virgulina d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 267 [details]

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). Paleopelagos. 5: 201-214. [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

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 Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication. 1-55., available online at http://www.cushmanfoundation.org/archival-publications/ [details] Available for editors