Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Nonionoidea > Family Melonidae > Genus Melonis

Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melonis*	Montfort, 1808	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anomalinoides barleeanum*	(Williamson, 1858)	synonym
*Melonis barleeanum*	(Williamson, 1858)	synonym
*Melonis barleeanus*	(Williamson, 1858)	synonym
*Nonion barleeanum*	(Williamson, 1858)	synonym
*Nonionina affinis*	Reuss, 1851	synonym
*Nonionina barleeana*	Williamson, 1858	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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	Belford, D. J. (1966). Miocene and Pliocene smaller foraminifera from Papua and New Guinea. Canberra : Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics. 79: 1-305.
new combination reference	Boltovskoy, E.; Giussani, G.; Watanabe, S.; Wright, R. (1980). Atlas of Benthic Shelf Foraminifera of the Southwest Atlantic. Dr. W. Junk b.v., Publishers, The Hague, 147 pp., pl. 36.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Melonis affinis (Reuss, 1851). 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:418046