MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Ammonia Brünnich, 1771

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Ammonia Brünnich, 1771

Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758) Neotype

AphiaID

112078 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112078)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Nautilus beccarii Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Ammoniinae Saidova, 1981

Original name

Ammonia Brünnich, 1771

Synonymised names

Challengerella Billman, Hottinger & Oesterle, 1980 · unaccepted (Type species DNA sequence places...)

Type species DNA sequence places this in Ammonia clade - Hayward et al 2021

Hammonia Soldani, 1789 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan,...)

Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 err. emend.

Pseudohelenina Collins, 1974 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym in...)

subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021)

Rolshausenia Bermúdez, 1952 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)

Rotalia (Turbinuline) · unaccepted (name not available. ICZN Art. 11...)

name not available. ICZN Art. 11 (b)(i): 11 (g): vernacular

Strebloides Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1963 · unaccepted (Molecular studies show that the...)

Molecular studies show that the type species is Ammonia T7 (Hayward et al., 2004)

Streblus Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 · unaccepted (Objective junior synonym,...)

Objective junior synonym, Loeblich & Tappan (1987)

Turbinulina Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (Opinion of Hayward et al (2021))

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Species Ammonia aberdoveyensis Haynes, 1973
Species Ammonia abramovichae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia advena (Cushman, 1922)
Species Ammonia akitaae Hayward, Frenzel & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia aoteana (Finlay, 1940)
Species Ammonia arabica Kaushik, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia ariakensis Akimoto, 2002
Species Ammonia batava (Hofker, 1951)
Species Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ammonia bellaria Schönfeld, Beccari, Schmidt & Spezzaferri, 2021
Species Ammonia bradyi (Billman, Hottinger & Oesterle, 1980)
Species Ammonia buzasi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia caspica Shchedrina in Mayer, 1968
Species Ammonia collinsi (Parr, 1932)
Species Ammonia confertitesta Zheng, 1978
Species Ammonia convexa (Collins, 1958)
Species Ammonia convexidorsa Zheng, 1978
Species Ammonia corallinarum (d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1832)
Species Ammonia debenayi Hayward & Holzmann, 2019
Species Ammonia decorata Golik, 1977
Species Ammonia differens McCulloch, 1977
Species Ammonia dilucida Shchedrina, 1984
Species Ammonia fajemilai Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia falsobeccarii (Rouvillois, 1974)
Species Ammonia glans Shchedrina, 1984
Species Ammonia goldsteinae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia goodayi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia haigi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia hattai Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia heterogenea (Shchedrina, 1984)
Species Ammonia irridescens (Arnal, 1958)
Species Ammonia jacksoni Buzas, Smith & Beem, 1977
Species Ammonia japonica (Hada, 1931)
Species Ammonia jorisseni Hayward, Holzmann & Renjaan, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia justinparkeri Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia karadagica (Dolgopolskaya & Pauli, 1931)
Species Ammonia ketienziensis (Ishizaki, 1943)
Species Ammonia kitazatoi Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia morleyae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia moroensis Hofker, 1978
Species Ammonia neobeccarii Shchedrina & Mayer, 1975
Species Ammonia parasovica Shchedrina & Mayer, 1975
Species Ammonia parkinsoniana (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Species Ammonia pauciloculata (Phleger & Parker, 1951)
Species Ammonia paucipora Zheng, 1979
Species Ammonia pawlowskii Hayward & Holzmann, 2019
Species Ammonia rolshauseni (Cushman & Bermúdez, 1946)
Species Ammonia rugulosa Parker, 2009
Species Ammonia shchedrinae Hayward & Holzmann, 2021 in Hayward et al., 2021
Species Ammonia sobrina (Shupack, 1934)
Species Ammonia tepida (Cushman, 1926)
Species Ammonia turgida (Hofker, 1951)
Species Ammonia venecpeyreae Hayward & Holzmann, 2019
Species Ammonia veneta (Schultze, 1854)
Species Ammonia agoiensis Yanko, 1990 accepted as Ammonia neobeccarii Shchedrina & Mayer, 1975 (Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al (2021))
Species Ammonia angulata (Kuwano, 1950) accepted as Ammonia ketienziensis (Ishizaki, 1943) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia annectens (Parker & Jones, 1865) accepted as Rotalidium annectens (Parker & Jones, 1865)
Species Ammonia batavus (Hofker, 1951) accepted as Ammonia batava (Hofker, 1951) (superseded combination)
Species Ammonia calcar (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Neorotalia calcar (d'Orbigny in Deshayes, 1830) (Incorrect authority)
Species Ammonia capetownensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Pararotalia capetownensis (McCulloch, 1977) accepted as Pararotalia armata (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward pers obs (2020))
Species Ammonia caucasica Yanko, 1990 accepted as Ammonia karadagica (Dolgopolskaya & Pauli, 1931) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia compacta (Hofker, 1964) accepted as Ammonia batava subsp. compacta (Hofker, 1964) accepted as Ammonia batava (Hofker, 1951) (In opinion of Hayward et al. (2019))
Species Ammonia compressa (Zheng, 1978) accepted as Pseudoeponides compressum Zheng, 1978 accepted as Pseudoeponides anderseni Warren, 1957
Species Ammonia compressiuscula (Brady, 1884) accepted as Rotalinoides compressiuscula (Brady, 1884)
Species Ammonia crebera Shchedrina, 1984 accepted as Ammonia crebra Shchedrina, 1984 accepted as Ammonia confertitesta Zheng, 1978 (Incorrect original spelling, the feminine of "creber" = "thick, close, pressed together, frequent, numerous, repeated" is "crebra" not "crebera")
Species Ammonia crebra Shchedrina, 1984 accepted as Ammonia confertitesta Zheng, 1978 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia dentata (Parker & Jones, 1865) accepted as Asterorotalia dentata (Parker & Jones, 1865)
Species Ammonia equatoriana (LeRoy, 1941) accepted as Pseudoeponides equatoriana (LeRoy, 1941) accepted as Pseudoeponides equatorianus (LeRoy, 1941)
Species Ammonia erinacea (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915) accepted as Murrayinella globosa (Millet, 1903)
Species Ammonia formosa Shchedrina, 1984 accepted as Ammonia confertitesta Zheng, 1978 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia gaimardi (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1906) accepted as Rotalinoides gaimardi (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1906)
Species Ammonia globosa (Millett, 1903) accepted as Murrayinella globosa (Millet, 1903)
Species Ammonia heterogeneus (Shchedrina, 1984) accepted as Ammonia heterogenea (Shchedrina, 1984) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
Species Ammonia juliae McCulloch, 1981 accepted as Ammonia turgida (Hofker, 1951) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia lalibertadensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Ammonia decorata Golik, 1977 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia langeri Hayward & Holzmann, 2019 accepted as Pseudoeponides langeri (Hayward & Holzmann, 2019) (In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia limnetes (Todd & Brönnimann, 1957) accepted as Ammonia advena (Cushman, 1922) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia nipponica (Asano, 1936) accepted as Pararotalia nipponica (Asano, 1936) (Majority use places this taxon in Pararotalia rather than Ammonia.)
Species Ammonia orbicularis (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Discorbis orbicularis (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (Incorrect authority)
Species Ammonia papillosa (Brady, 1884) accepted as Rotalinoides gaimardi (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1906)
Species Ammonia parkensoniana (d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Ammonia parkinsoniana (d'Orbigny, 1839) (misspelling of 'parkinsoniana')
Species Ammonia penangensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Pseudorotalia penangensis (McCulloch, 1977) (In opinion of B Hayward (pers. obs, 2019))
Species Ammonia perlucida (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913) accepted as Aubignyna perlucida (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913)
Species Ammonia pustulosa (Albani & Barbero, 1982) accepted as Buccella pustulosa Albani & Barbero, 1982 (DNA sequencing of NZ specimens shows this is NOT an Ammonia and clusters with other Buccella, as originally described. (pers. comm. BW Hayward 2018).)
Species Ammonia rupta Lei & Li, 2016 accepted as Ammonia ketienziensis (Ishizaki, 1943) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia schroeteriana (Parker & Jones, 1862) accepted as Pseudorotalia schroeteriana (Parker & Jones in Carpenter, 1862)
Species Ammonia shanghaiensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Pseudorotalia shanghaiensis (McCulloch, 1977) (In opinion of B Hayward (pers. obs, 2019))
Species Ammonia takanabensis (Ishizaki, 1943) accepted as Ammonia ketienziensis (Ishizaki, 1943) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia tanabensis Uchio, 1962 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Ammonia venosa (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Operculinella venosa (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Nummulites venosus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Species Ammonia whittakeri (Bhatia, 1985) accepted as Helenina whittakeri (Bhatia, 1985) accepted as Pseudoeponides anderseni Warren, 1957 (Opinion of Hayward (pers. comm. 2017))
Species Ammonia angulata (Shchedrina, 1984) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Secondary junior homonym of Ammonia angulata (Kuwano, 1950))
Species Ammonia asanoi (Uchio, 1951) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia astera Shchedrina, 1984 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia avalonensis (Natland, 1950) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Ammonia bulloides (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1906) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Figures and description insufficient to identify taxon)
Species Ammonia catesbyana (d'Orbigny, 1839) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia cristobalensis McCulloch, 1981 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia flevensis (Hofker, 1930) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia gaudichaudi (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1906) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia granuloumbilica Zheng, 1978 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia kawachiensis (Chiji, 1956) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia maremini (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia multicella Zheng, 1978 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia nantongensis He, Hu & Wang, 1965 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia novoeuxinica Yanko in Yanko & Troitskaya, 1987 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia pauperata (Parr, 1941) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))
Species Ammonia umbilicata (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, In opinion of Hayward et al. (2021))

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29565699
page(s): p. 232 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Ammonia Brünnich, 1771. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112078 on 2024-11-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gross, Onno

2005-07-07 10:14:33Z

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Braeckman, Ulrike

2013-03-08 15:09:52Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2014-05-19 08:48:59Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2018-05-19 05:16:43Z

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Hayward, Bruce W.

2018-09-22 10:23:02Z

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Le Coze, François

2022-12-21 14:06:51Z

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Le Coze, François

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original description Brünnich, M.T. (1771–1772). Zoologiae fundamenta praelectionibus Academicis accomodata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. 253 [+ 1] pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29565699
page(s): p. 232 [details]

original description (of Strebloides Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1963) Bermúdez, P. J.; Seiglie, G. A. (1963). Estudio sistemático de los foraminíferos del Golfo de Cariaco (Venezuela). Bol. Inst. Ocean., U.D.O., Cumaná. 2(2): 1-267.
page(s): p. 166 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Streblus Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Fischer de Waldheim, G. (1817). Adversaria Zoologica. Mémoires de Ia Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 5: 357-471., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10128982
page(s): p. 449 [details]

original description (of Rotalia (Turbinuline)) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 275 [details]

original description (of Challengerella Billman, Hottinger & Oesterle, 1980) Billman, H.; Hottinger, L.; Oesterle, H. (1980). Neogene to Recent rotaliid foraminifera from the Indopacific Ocean; their canal system, their classification and their stratigraphic use. Schweizerische paläontologische abhandlungen. 101: 71-113.
page(s): p. 81 [details]

original description (of Pseudohelenina Collins, 1974) Collins, A. C. (1974). Port Phillip Survey 1957–63 Foraminiferida. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 35: 1-61., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39053549 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Turbinulina Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): vol. 4 p. 18 [details]

original description (of Hammonia Soldani, 1789) Soldani A. 1789-1798. Testaceographiae ac zoophytographiae parvae et microscopiae. Tomus primus (1789), pp. i-xxxii, 1-289; pl. pl. 1-179; Tomus secundus (1798), pp. i-vii, 1-148; 1-26, and appendix pl. I-XXIII [reproduced from Saggio orittografico, 1780]. Senis [Sienna], Francisco Rossi., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/toc/?PPN=PPN572634544
page(s): p. 56 [details]

original description (of Rolshausenia Bermúdez, 1952) Bermúdez, P. J. (1952). Estudio sistematico de los Foraminiferos rotaliformes. Venezuela Minist. Minas and Hidrocarb. Boletin de geologia. 2(4): 1-230., available online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uDKihn3kXx4yoDw6mEYicsoslxwt-Mue/view
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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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hayward, B. W.; Holzmann, M.; Grenfell, H. R.; Pawlowski, J.; Triggs, C. M. (2004). Morphological distinction of molecular types in Ammonia - towards a taxonomic revision of the world's most commonly misidentified foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology. 50: 237-271. [details] Available for editors

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Diagnosis Test biconvex, with low trochospiral coil of 3 to 4 volutions, spiral side evolute, umbilical side involute and may have large umbilical plug surrounded by umbilical fissure, final whorl with deeply incised umbilical, radial, and intraseptal spaces, sutural fissures straight or branching and appear feathered on the umbilical side, umbilical and intraseptal spaces of earlier whorls filled by secondary lamellae, leaving only one vertical passage from each chamber of the penultimate whorl to the junction of the umbilical fissure and intraseptal space of the final whorl, early chambers closed toward umbilicus, no spiral canal present, periphery rounded to carinate; wall calcareous, optically radial, primarily bilamellar, moderately coarsely perforate, both surfaces may be ornamented by pillars and umbilical side may have transverse ridges resulting from the feathered umbilical sutures when these are present; primary aperture an interiomarginal extraumbilical arch, bordered by a protruding lip at the umbilical end, space between the lip and umbilical pillars may be filled by secondary lamellae as new chambers form. L. Miocene to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]

Diagnosis Fgdre [details]

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