Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Rotalioidea > Family Ammoniidae > Subfamily Ammoniinae > Genus Ammonia

Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ammonia*	Brünnich, 1771	accepted genus name
*Rotalia (Turbinuline)*		synonym
*Strebloides*	Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1963	synonym
*Streblus*	Fischer de Waldheim, 1817	synonym
*Turbinulina*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Species group names

*Nautilus beccarii*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Rotalia beccarii*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	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	Lévy, A.; Mathieu, R.; Poïgnant, A.; Rosset-Moulinier, M. (1984). L'architecture des Rotaliidae (Foraminiferida): clé d'une nouvelle définition de la famille. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. 299 (Série 2, 17): 1221-1224.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
identification resource	Vaiani, S.C., Val, G.B., Borsetti, A.M. (2019). The lectotype of Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus 1758) from Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari's original samples. Micropaleontology. 65: 561-566.
identification resource	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.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Ammonia beccarii (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:112849