Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Tubothalamea > Order Miliolida > Suborder Miliolina > Superfamily Milioloidea > Family Hauerinidae > Subfamily Hauerininae > Genus Massilina

Massilina secans (d'Orbigny, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Massilina*	Schlumberger, 1893	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Quinqueloculina secans*	d'Orbigny, 1826	synonym

Children

Massilina secans var. denticulata (Costa, 1856)

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Massilina secans (d'Orbigny, 1826). 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:163641