Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Textulariana > Order Lituolida > Suborder Lituolina > Superfamily Lituoloidea > Family Placopsilinidae > Subfamily Placopsilininae

Placopsilina d'Orbigny, 1850

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

note: Also in database as valid genus in Allogramiidae - needs checking

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lituola (Placopsilina)*	Brady, 1881	synonym

Children

Placopsilina bradyi Cushman & McCulloch, 1939

Literature

original description	Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated.
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
subsequent type designation	Hodgkinson, R. L. (1992). 'Placopsilina' cenomana d'Orbigny from France and England and the type species of Placopsilina d'Orbigny, 1850 (Foraminiferida). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. 48(1): 1-8.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Placopsilina d'Orbigny, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112265