Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Nodosariata > Subclass Nodosariana > Order Vaginulinida > Family Vaginulinidae > Subfamily Lenticulininae

Lenticulina Lamarck, 1804

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cristellaria (Robulina)*	d'Orbigny, 1826	synonym
*Lenticulina (Robulus)*	Montfort, 1808	synonym
*Lenticulites*	Lamarck, 1804	synonym
*Robulina*	d'Orbigny, 1826	synonym
*Robulus*	Montfort, 1808	synonym

Children

Lenticulina atlantica (Barker, 1960)
Lenticulina calcar (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lenticulina cultrata (Montfort, 1808)
Lenticulina curvisepta (Seguenza, 1880)
Lenticulina echinata (d'Orbigny, 1846)
Lenticulina expansa (Cushman, 1917)
Lenticulina gibba (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Lenticulina orbicularis (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Lenticulina planulata (Cushman, 1917)
Lenticulina rotulata (Lamarck, 1804)
Lenticulina tasmanica Parr, 1950

Literature

original description	Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de]. (1804). Suite des mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 5: 28-36; 91-98; 179-188; 237-245; 349-367; pl. 59-62 [plates published 1806 in vol. 8].
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	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Lenticulina Lamarck, 1804. 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:112284