Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Nonionoidea > Family Nonionidae > Subfamily Pulleniinae

Melonis de Montfort, 1808

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

note: Also listed in printed version of ERMS as valid genus in Anomalinidae (Foraminifera), with one species, M. umbilicatulus

Children

Melonis barleeanus (Williamson, 1858)
Melonis pompilioides (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Melonis umbilicatulus (Walker & Jacob, 1798)
Melonis zaandamae (Van Voorthuysen, 1952)

Literature

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
additional source	Nomenclator Zoologicus
additional source	Loeblich, A.R., Tappan, H. (1988). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.

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Citation

Hayward, B.; Gross, O. (2014). Melonis de Montfort, 1808. In: Hayward, B.W., Cedhagen, T., Kaminski, M., Gross, O. (2014) World Foraminifera Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112230