Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Nodosariata > Subclass Nodosariana > Order Polymorphinida > Suborder Polymorphinina > Superfamily Polymorphinoidea > Family Ellipsolagenidae > Subfamily Ellipsolageninae

Fissurina Reuss, 1850

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ellipsolagena*	A. Silvestri, 1923	synonym
*Fissurina (Fissurina)*	Reuss, 1850	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Fissurina alveolata (Brady, 1884)
Fissurina biancae Seguenza, 1862
Fissurina cucullata Silvestri, 1902
Fissurina danica (Madsen, 1895)
Fissurina elliptica (Cushman, 1923)
Fissurina fimbriata (Brady, 1881)
Fissurina laevigata Reuss, 1850
Fissurina longispina (Brady, 1881)
Fissurina lucida (Williamson, 1848)
Fissurina marginata (Montagu, 1803)
Fissurina neptuni (Buchner, 1940)
Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza, 1862
Fissurina semimarginata (Reuss, 1870)
Fissurina serrata (Schlumberger, 1894)
Fissurina staphyllearia Schwager, 1866
Fissurina subformosa Parr, 1950

Literature

original description	Reuss, A. E. (1850). Neue Foraminiferen aus den Schichten des österreichischen Tertiärbeckens. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 1: 365-390.
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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
additional source	Majewski W. (2005). Benthic foraminiferal communities: distribution and ecology in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, West Antarctica. Polish Polar Research. 26, 3, 159-214 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Fissurina Reuss, 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:112154