MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polystomella Lamarck, 1822

ERMS name details

Polystomella Lamarck, 1822

Polystomella crispa

AphiaID

112166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112166)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Cushman (1927))

Accepted name

Elphidium Montfort, 1808

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Nautilus crispus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Elphidium crispum (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Elphidiinae Galloway, 1933

Synonymised names

Elphidium (Polystomella) Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932 · unaccepted (Nomen translatum)

Direct children (6)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Polystomella advena Cushman, 1922 accepted as Elphidium advenum (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Elphidium advena (Cushman, 1922) (Opinion of Cushman (1930))
Species Polystomella excavata Terquem, 1875 accepted as Elphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875) accepted as Cribroelphidium excavatum (Terquem, 1875) (Opinion of Lévy et al. (1975))
Species Polystomella oceanensis d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Polystomella oceanensis d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904 accepted as Elphidium oceanense (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904) (Nomen nudum)
Species Polystomella oceanensis d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904 accepted as Elphidium oceanense (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1904) (Opinion of Cushman (1939))
Species Polystomella poeyana d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Elphidium poeyanum (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Elphidiononion poeyanum (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Cribroelphidium poeyanum (d'Orbigny, 1839) (Opinion of Cushman (1930, 1939))
Species Polystomella umbilicatula (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Elphidium umbilicatulum (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Nonion umbilicatulum (Walker & Jacob, 1798) accepted as Haynesina depressula (Walker & Jacob, 1798)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Polystomella Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112166 on 2026-06-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Polystomella Lamarck, 1822. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112166 on 2026-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-10-06 06:54:56Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-05-19 08:48:59Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

2017-10-22 10:18:28Z

changed

Le Coze, François

2017-10-23 10:44:40Z

changed

Le Coze, François

2023-08-07 01:08:53Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

[taxonomic tree]

[clear cache]

original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433 [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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

source of synonymy Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://business.cushmanfoundation.org/ap/CloudFile/Download/P7DeWv4L [details] Available for editors