Foratella Canu, 1900

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:

  1. Foratella cervisia
  2. Taylor & Martha, 2016 Late Cretaceous Cenomanian England WoRMS 1418135
  3. Foratella forata
  4. (d'Orbigny, 1853) Late Cretaceous France WoRMS 1418131
  5. Foratella? manorialis
  6. (Brydone, 1929) Late Cretaceous Santonian England WoRMS 1438233

    The following species are of doubtful status: they are included here as an indication.

  7. "Foratella" bimarginata
  8. (d'Orbigny, 1852) Late Cretaceous Santonian France WoRMS 1438234
  9. "Foratella" glangeaudi
  10. (Canu, 1901) Late Cretaceous Campanian-Maastrichtian France WoRMS 1438235
  11. "Foratella" heteropora
  12. (d'Orbigny, 1852) Late Cretaceous Coniacian-Maastrichtian France WoRMS 1438236
  13. "Foratella" profunda
  14. (d'Orbigny, 1853) Late Cretaceous Coniacian-Maastrichtian France WoRMS 1438237
  15. "Foratella" rustica
  16. (d'Orbigny, 1851) Late Cretaceous Campanian-Maastrichtian France WoRMS 1438238


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