WoRMS taxon details
Eggerella Cushman, 1933
112325 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112325)
accepted
Genus
Verneuilina bradyi Cushman, 1911 accepted as Eggerella bradyi (Cushman, 1911) (type by original designation)
Alvarezina Bermúdez & Rivero, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
- Species Eggerella australis Collins, 1958
- Species Eggerella bradyi (Cushman, 1911)
- Species Eggerella europea (Christiansen, 1958)
- Species Eggerella imperfecta Burmistrova, 1978
- Species Eggerella minuta Oki, 1989
- Species Eggerella minuta (Wiesner, 1931)
- Species Eggerella nitens (Wiesner, 1931)
- Species Eggerella parkerae Uchio, 1960
- Species Eggerella polita Collins, 1958
- Species Eggerella pusilla (Goës, 1896)
- Species Eggerella subadvena Saidova, 1961
- Species Eggerella advena (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Verneuilinulla advena (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Eggerelloides advenum (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Eggerelloides advena (Cushman, 1922)
- Species Eggerella affixa (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Verneuilinulla affixa (Cushman, 1911)
- Species Eggerella arctica Höglund, 1947 accepted as Verneuilina arctica (Höglund, 1947) accepted as Eggerelloides advenum (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Eggerelloides advena (Cushman, 1922)
- Species Eggerella conica Zheng, 1988 accepted as Verneuilinulla conica (Zheng, 1988) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Eggerella europeum (Christiansen, 1958) accepted as Eggerella europea (Christiansen, 1958) (Opinion of Murray (2003))
- Species Eggerella humboldti Todd & Brönniman, 1957 accepted as Rhumblerella humboldti (Todd & Brönniman, 1957) (type species of Toddella, jun syn of Rhumblerella)
- Species Eggerella media (Höglund, 1947) accepted as Eggerelloides medius (Höglund, 1947)
- Species Eggerella polystropha (Reuss, 1846) accepted as Verneuilina polystropha (Reuss, 1846) † accepted as Verneuilinoides polystrophus (Reuss, 1846) †
- Species Eggerella propinqua (Brady, 1884) accepted as Verneuilinulla propinqua (Brady, 1884)
- Species Eggerella scabra (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Eggerelloides scabrum (Williamson, 1858) (Genus transfer)
- Species Eggerella scrippsi Uchio, 1960 accepted as Verneuilinulla scrippsi (Uchio, 1960) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
- Species Eggerella subconica Parr, 1950 accepted as Trochammina subconica (Parr, 1950) (Opinion of Zheng & Fu, 2008)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 33 pl. 4 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 33 pl. 4 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Eggerella Cushman, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112325 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Cushman, J. A. (1933). Some new foraminiferal genera. <em>Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research.</em> 9(2): 32-38., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/files/pubarchive/cclfr/9cclfr2.pdf
page(s): p. 33 pl. 4 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Alvarezina Bermúdez & Rivero, 1963) Bermúdez, P. J.; De Rivero, F. C. (1963). Estudio sistematico de los foraminiferos quitinosos, microgranulares y arenticeos, Universidad Central Venezuela. <em>Ediciones de Ia Biblioteca 14, Colección Ciencias Biologicas no. 1. Caracas: Universidad Central Venezuela.</em> [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. 33 pl. 4 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Alvarezina Bermúdez & Rivero, 1963) Bermúdez, P. J.; De Rivero, F. C. (1963). Estudio sistematico de los foraminiferos quitinosos, microgranulares y arenticeos, Universidad Central Venezuela. <em>Ediciones de Ia Biblioteca 14, Colección Ciencias Biologicas no. 1. Caracas: Universidad Central Venezuela.</em> [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]
Other
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test subconical, early stage in trochospiral coil of five inflated chambers per whorl, at least in the microspheric generation, later reduced to three chambers per whorl; wall finely agglutinated, commonly of calcareous particles on a proteinaceous base, canaliculate, the pores with an organic lining; aperture a low slit near the base of the apertural face, bordered by a narrow lip. Eocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
