Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Textulariana > Order Lituolida > Suborder Spiroplectamminina > Superfamily Spiroplectamminoidea > Family Spiroplectamminidae > Subfamily Vulvulininae > Genus Vulvulina

Vulvulina pennatula (Batsch, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vulvulina*	d'Orbigny, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Nautilus (Orthoceras) pennatula*	Batsch, 1791	synonym
*Orthocera pennatula*	(Batsch, 1791)	synonym
*Vulvulina capreolus*	d'Orbigny, 1826	synonym

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	Smith, L. E.; Sen Gupta, B. K. (2021). Henry V. Howe and his collection of Foraminifera at Louisiana State University. Occasional Papers of the LSU Museum of Natural Science. 91: 1-80.
additional source	Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 87-129.
new combination reference	Cushman, J.A. 1931. Notes on the Foraminifera described by Batsch in 1791. Contr. Cushman Lab. Foram. Res. 7: 62-72.
new combination reference	Cicha, I.; Rögl, F.; Rupp, C.; Čtyroká, J.; Members of the "Working group on the foraminifera of the Central Paratethys". (1998). Oligocene-Miocene foraminifera of the Central Paratethys. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 549: 1-325.
identification resource	Holbourn, A.E.; Henderson, A.S. 2002. Re-illustration and Revised Taxonomy for Selected Deep-sea Benthic Foraminifers. Palaeontologia Electronica 4: 34.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Vulvulina pennatula (Batsch, 1791). 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:114294