Type species: Flustrellaria forata d’Orbigny, 1853
The genus Foratella was introduced with two indications of types: a figure of Flustra lacroixii Audouin, 1826, on p. 353, and the definition on p. 373, which lists "M. forata" d'Orbigny as type. Bassler (1935) unfortunately selected F. lacroixii as the type species. This leaves several Cretaceous species described by Canu in doubt. The genus has been revised by Taylor & Martha (2016) .
This genus includes the species:
Taylor & Martha, 2016 | Late Cretaceous Cenomanian | England | WoRMS 1418135 | |
(d'Orbigny, 1853) | Late Cretaceous | France | WoRMS 1418131 | |
(Brydone, 1929) | Late Cretaceous Santonian | England | WoRMS 1438233 |
The following species are of doubtful status: they are included here as an indication.
(d'Orbigny, 1852) | Late Cretaceous Santonian | France | WoRMS 1438234 | |
(Canu, 1901) | Late Cretaceous Campanian-Maastrichtian | France | WoRMS 1438235 | |
(d'Orbigny, 1852) | Late Cretaceous Coniacian-Maastrichtian | France | WoRMS 1438236 | |
(d'Orbigny, 1853) | Late Cretaceous Coniacian-Maastrichtian | France | WoRMS 1438237 | |
(d'Orbigny, 1851) | Late Cretaceous Campanian-Maastrichtian | France | WoRMS 1438238 |