Deep-Sea taxon details
Trifarina Cushman, 1923
112280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112280)
accepted
Genus
Trifarina bradyi Cushman, 1923 (type by original designation)
Angulogerina Cushman, 1927 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym in...)
subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1964; majority of workers accept this synonymy today
- Species Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Trifarina bella (Phleger & Parker, 1951)
- Species Trifarina bradyi Cushman, 1923
- Species Trifarina earlandi (Parr, 1950)
- Species Trifarina fluens (Todd in Cushman & McCulloch, 1948)
- Species Trifarina fornasinii (Selli, 1948)
- Species Trifarina jamaicensis (Cushman & Todd, 1945)
- Species Trifarina pauperata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932)
- Species Trifarina carinata (Cushman, 1927) accepted as Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858) (Subjective junior synonym of Trifarina angulosa in opinion of Hayward et al. (2010))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1923). The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean pt. 4: Lagenidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (104): i-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7865468
page(s): p. 99 [details]
page(s): p. 99 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Trifarina Cushman, 1923. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112280 on 2025-06-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Trifarina Cushman, 1923. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112280 on 2025-06-06
Date
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original description
Cushman, J. A. (1923). The Foraminifera of the Atlantic Ocean pt. 4: Lagenidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (104): i-228., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7865468
page(s): p. 99 [details]
original description (of Angulogerina Cushman, 1927) Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/3cclfr1.pdf
page(s): p. 69 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [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
page(s): p. 99 [details]
original description (of Angulogerina Cushman, 1927) Cushman, J. A. (1927). An outline of a re-classification of the Foraminifera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research.</em> 3(1): 1-105., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/3cclfr1.pdf
page(s): p. 69 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test elongate, sharply triangular in section and early stage triserial as in Angulogerina, later distinctly uniserial and rectilinear, angles sharp to longitudinally carinate, sutures slightly depressed to flush and thickened; wall calcareous, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture terminal, rounded, surrounded by a low collar and provided with a narrow siphonlike toothplate. Paleocene to Holocene; Atlantic; Pacific; New Zealand; Egypt. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
