WoRMS taxon details
Cornuspira Schultze, 1854
112006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112006)
accepted
Genus
Orbis foliaceus R. A. Philippi, 1844 accepted as Cornuspira foliacea (Philippi, 1844) (type by subsequent designation)
Arcornuspirum Rhumbler, 1913 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Cyclogyra Wood, 1842 · unaccepted (suppressed by ICZN (Melville, 1978))
- Species Cornuspira antarctica Rhumbler, 1931
- Species Cornuspira carinata (Costa, 1856)
- Species Cornuspira charoides Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915
- Species Cornuspira crassisepta Brady, 1882
- Species Cornuspira denticulata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
- Species Cornuspira depressa Shchedrina, 1964
- Species Cornuspira distincta (Cole & Scott, 2008)
- Species Cornuspira expansa Chapman, 1915
- Species Cornuspira foliacea (Philippi, 1844)
- Species Cornuspira hadai (Saidova, 1975)
- Species Cornuspira incurvata (Saidova, 1975)
- Species Cornuspira involvens (Reuss, 1850)
- Species Cornuspira lacunosa Brady, 1884
- Species Cornuspira lajollaensis Uchio, 1960
- Species Cornuspira minuscula (Mayer, 1972)
- Species Cornuspira planorbis Schultze, 1854
- Species Cornuspira polarisans Rhumbler, 1911
- Species Cornuspira polygyra Reuss, 1863
- Species Cornuspira robusta Shchedrina, 1964
- Species Cornuspira selseyensis Heron-Allen & Earland, 1909
- Species Cornuspira subinvolvens (McCulloch, 1981)
- Species Cornuspira tasmanica Parr, 1950
- Species Cornuspira tentaculata Rhumbler, 1911
- Species Cornuspira veleronis (McCulloch, 1981)
- Species Cornuspira whitecovensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Cornuspira diffusa Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913 accepted as Cornuspirella diffusa (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913) (Type species of Cornuspirella)
- Species Cornuspira incerta (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Ammodiscus incertus (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Cornuspira japonica Asano, 1939 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, According to Nomura (1981))
- Species Cornuspira perforata Schultze, 1854 accepted as Spirillina perforata (Schultze, 1854) (Opinion of Le Calvez (1949))
- Species Cornuspira primitiva Rhumbler, 1904 accepted as Cornuspiroides primitiva (Rhumbler, 1904)
- Species Cornuspira striolata Brady, 1882 accepted as Cornuspiroides striolata (Brady, 1882) (Type species of Cornuspiroides)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
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
page(s): p. 40 [details]
page(s): p. 40 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Cornuspira Schultze, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112006 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
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
page(s): p. 40 [details]
original description (of Cyclogyra Wood, 1842) Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
page(s): p. 458 [details]
original description (of Arcornuspirum Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
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]
page(s): p. 40 [details]
original description (of Cyclogyra Wood, 1842) Wood, S.V. (1842). A catalog of shells from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 455-462; 527-544, pl. 5., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2312928
page(s): p. 458 [details]
original description (of Arcornuspirum Rhumbler, 1913) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278 [details]
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]
Taxonomy
status source
Melville, R.V. 1978. Opinion 1114, Cornuspira Schultze, 1854 (Foraminifera) conserved under the planary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 35: 108-110. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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 [request]
[request]additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test free, discoidal, of globular proloculus and undivided planispirally enrolled and evolute tubular second chamber; wall calcareous, porcelaneous, imperforate, surface smooth or with occasional transverse growth lines; aperture at the open end of the tube. Carboniferous to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Unreviewed
Classification Classified under Fischerinidae in aphia. [details]Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
