Onychocella Jullien, 1882

Type species: Onychocella marioni Jullien, 1882 (= Cellepora angulosa Reuss, 1847)?

The status of the genus is equivocal: some authorities state it to be a synonym of Semieschara.

Synonyms Author Type species
Rhagasostoma Koschinsky, 1885 Rhagasostoma hexagonum Koschinsky, 1885
Periteichisma Koschinsky, 1885 Vincularia geometrica Reuss, 1869 (= Onychocella subpyriformis (d'Archiac, 1846))

This genus includes the species:

Onychocella abscondita borlaie
(status?)
Guha, 1989 Late Cretaceous India
Onychocella acasta (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous France
Onychocella acis (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Coniacian-Maastrichtian France
Onychocella acmon (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian France, Germany
Onychocella advena Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Campanian France
Onychocella aegle (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Turonian-Santonian France
Onychocella agatha (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Turonian-Santonian France
Onychocella alrensis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Santonian England
Onychocella alticollis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella altimuralis Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany
Onychocella altonensis Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Turonian England
Onychocella alula Hastings, 1930 Recent
Neogene Pleistocene
E. Pacific
Nigeria
Onychocella alveolata Taylor & McKinney, 2006 Cretaceous Maastrichtian USA N.Carolina
Onychocella americana (Canu & Bassler, 1933) Paleogene Paleocene Thanetian USA
Onychocella amudariensis Favorskaya, 1980 Late Cretaceous Turkmenistan
Onychocella? andromeda (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Santonian France
Onychocella anglica (Brydone, 1910) Late Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella angulosa (Reuss, 1847) Tertiary
Recent?
Europe, Egypt
E. Atlantic, Mediterranean
Onychocella angulosa demarcqi David & Pouyet, 1970 Neogene Miocene France, Morocco, Algeria
Onychocella antiqua (Busk, 1858) Recent Atlantic
Onychocella ariyalurensis Guha & Senthil Nathan, 1990 Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella atalanta (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Campanian France
Onychocella baltica Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany
Onychocella bassleri Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella bellona (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella blainvillei (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella boulei Canu, 1904 Cretaceous Turonian Egypt
Onychocella brightoniensis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous England
Onychocella calceola (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella calceolum attoeana (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella calvimontana Canu, 1907 Paleogene Eocene Lutetian France
Onychocella camerata (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands, Germany
Onychocella cavernosa Voigt & Schneemilch, 1986 Late Cretaceous Germany
Onychocella celsa Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian SE USA
Onychocella celsa montgomeryensis McGuirt, 1941 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA (Louisiana)
Onychocella celsopora (Canu, 1920) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella cepha (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella cestasensis Vigneaux, 1949 Neogene Miocene Burdigalian France
Onychocella chilostoma (Marsson, 1887) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany
Onychocella cingens (Koschinsky, 1885) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian Germany
Onychocella circumvallata (Koschinsky, 1885) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian Germany
Onychocella cingulata (Stoliczka, 1872) Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella clito (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Campanian France
Onychocella cochlearis (Marsson, 1887) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany
Onychocella columella Berthelsen, 1962 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark
Onychocella congesta (Marsson, 1887) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany
Onychocella crassimarginata Voigt, 1957 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Belgium, Netherlands
Onychocella cressida (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Campanian France
Onychocella cuckmeriensis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella cucullata Thornely, 1905 Recent Indian O.
Onychocella cyane (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Coniacian-Santonian France
Onychocella? cybele (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Coniacian, Maastrichtian France
Onychocella cyclostoma (Goldfuss, 1826) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella cylindrica (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella cylindrica
Homonym
Guha & Senthil Nathan, 1990 Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella dasguptai Guha, 1989 Cretaceous Cenomanian-Turonian India
Onychocella decipiens Voigt, 1924 Cretaceous Turonian-Campanian Germany
Onychocella delarueana (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella depressa (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Netherlands, Germany, Czech Rep.
Onychocella devoniensis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Turonian England
Onychocella dichotoma (Goldfuss, 1826) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands, Germany
Onychocella discors (Stoliczka, 1872) Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella dupliciter Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Alabama
Onychocella edusa (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella eleanorae Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella elliptica Canu, 1910 Neogene Miocene Burdigalian France
Onychocella elongata Levinsen, 1925 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark
Onychocella eocoenica Plaziat & Balavoine, 1965 Paleogene Eocene France
Onychocella eryx (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Turonian France
Onychocella falunica Canu & Bassler, 1930 Neogene Miocene
Recent
France
Tunisia
Onychocella fimbriata Canu & Bassler, 1929 Paleogene Eocene Lutetian Belgium
Onychocella flexuosa (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Santonian France
Onychocella formosa (Giebel, 1848) Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian Germany
Onychocella francqana (d'Orbigny, 1852) Cretaceous Campanian France
Onychocella galeata (von Hagenow, 1839) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany, Denmar
Onychocella gaudryna (d'Orbigny, 1852) Cretaceous Campanian France
Onychocella georgiana Canu & Bassler, 1920 Neogene Eocene Priabonian USA (Georgia)
Onychocella gibbosa (Marsson, 1887) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany, Denmark, England
Onychocella gibbosa weybournensis (Brydone, 1930) Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella gibbosulum (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella gimensis (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Maastrichtian
Paleogene Paleocene Danian
England, Denmark
Denmark
Onychocella girondina (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella gradua Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella gravensis (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Santonian England
Onychocella hantoniensis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Campanian England, Germany
Onychocella heraclea Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella hercyna Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella hermione Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Coniacian-Santonian England
Onychocella hermione protendens Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella hersilia Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella hesione Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Santonian England
Onychocella hestia Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian England
Onychocella hexagonalis (Canu, 1922) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Madagascar
Onychocella hexagona (Koschinsky, 1885) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian Germany
Onychocella? ignabergensis (Hennig, 1892) Cretaceous Campanian Sweden
Onychocella incarcerata (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Campanian-Maastrichtian England, Germany
Onychocella incrustata Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella inelegans (Lonsdale, 1850) Cretaceous Turonian-Campanian England, France, Germany
Onychocella inelegans angliae (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian England
Onychocella inelegans minuens (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Santonian-Maastrichtian England
Onychocella inelegans testudinaria (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella insipiens (Stoliczka, 1872) Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella insueta Favorskaya, 1980 Late Cretaceous Turkmenistan
Onychocella introversa Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Coniacian-Campanian England
Onychocella irregularis (von Hagenow, 1839) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Europe
Onychocella irrostrata (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous England
Onychocella koninckiana (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella labiata Pocta, 1892 Cretaceous Cenomanian Czech Rep.
Onychocella laciniosa Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian SE USA
Onychocella lamarcki (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands, France
Onychocella lamellosa Voigt, 1924 Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian Germany
Onychocella? lamellosa
(Homonym)
Gordon & Taylor, 1999 Paleogene Paleocene New Zealand Chatham Is.
Onychocella latilabris (Reuss, 1872) Cretaceous Germany
Onychocella lanceolata (Canu, 1919) Paleogene Eocene France
Onychocella lecointrei Favorskaya, 1990 Late Cretaceous Uzbekistan
Onychocella linearis Levinsen, 1925 Cretaceous Denmark, Germany
Onychocella levigata (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Paleogene Eocene-Oligocene SE USA
Onychocella longaeva Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella marioni Jullien, 1882) Recent E. Atlantic, Mediterranean
Onychocella marsupitium (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Santonian England
Onychocella matrona (von Hagenow, 1839) Cretaceous Santonian-Maastrichtian Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
Onychocella meijeri Voigt, 1987 Paleogene Neogene Danian Belgium
Onychocella michaudiana (d'Orbigny, 1850) Cretaceous Cenomanian
Turonian
France
Czech Rep
Onychocella microvicellata Maryanska, 1969 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Poland
Onychocella mimosa Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella minima Ziko, 1985? Paleogene Eocene Lutetian Egypt
Onychocella minuscula (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Paleogene Eocene Priabonian SE USA
Onychocella miscens Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous England
Onychocella montlauri Plaziat & Balavoine, 1965 Neogene Eocene France
Onychocella multa Favorskaya, 1986 Late Cretaceous Turkmenistan
Onychocella narmadae Guha, 1989 Cretaceous Cenomanian-Turonian India
Onychocella nerei (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Senonian France
Onychocella nimarensis Guha, 1989 Cretaceous Cenomanian India
Onychocella norfolcia Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella novaki (Brydone, 1910) Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella novaki anglica (Brydone, 1910) Cretaceous Maastrichtian England, Germany
Onychocella nysti (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Campanian-Maastrichtian Europe
Onychocella obliqua Guha & Senthil Nathan, 1990 Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella obtecta (Stoliczka, 1872) Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella optabilis (Stoliczka, 1872) Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella oweni (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella pallakaveri Guha & Senthil Nathan, 1990 Cretaceous India
Onychocella palpigera (Brydone, 1912) Cretaceous Campanian England, Sweden
Onychocella parallela Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England, Belgium
Onychocella parisiensis
(Two homonyms?)
(d'Orbigny, 1852) Cretaceous France
Onychocella parvicella (Filiozat, 1907) Cretaceous Santonian France
Onychocella parvipora Faura & Canu, 1916 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian Spain
Onychocella pendens (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella piriformis (Goldfuss, 1826) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands, Germany
Onychocella pirum Balavoine, 1956 Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella pitniakensis Favorskaya, 1980 Late Cretaceous Turkmenistan
Onychocella pockrandti Voigt, 1975 Cretaceous Santonian-Maastrichtian Germany
Onychocella poulseni Berthelsen, 1962 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark
Onychocella precursor (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella procurrens (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella prominens (Canu, 1907) Paleogene Eocene Ypresian-Lutetian France
Onychocella propinqua (von Hagenow, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella pseudoirregularis Voigt, 1924 Cretaceous Santonian-Maastrichtian Germany, Netherlands
Onychocella pseudoirregularis improcera Voigt, 1924 Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian Germany
Onychocella pugeti (Canu, 1907) Paleogene Eocene Ypresian-Lutetian France
Onychocella punctula Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella quadrangularis (d'Orbigny, 1852) Cretaceous Coniacian France
Onychocella quadraticola Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella quadrilatera Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark
Onychocella ravni Berthelsen, 1962 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark
'Onychocella' recta Voigt, 1957 Cretaceous Maastrichian Belgium
Onychocella regularis (Chiplonkar, 1939) Cretaceous Cenomanian-Turonian India
Onychocella rimosa (Marsson, 1887) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany, France, England
Onychocella rimosa superrimosa Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous England
Onychocella roborata Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella rothpletzi (Canu, 1907) Paleogene Eocene Ypresian-Lutetian France
Onychocella rotundata Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella royana (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella rugosa Guha & Senthil Nathan, 1990 Cretaceous Maastrichtian India
Onychocella schroederi Voigt, 1924 Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian Germany
Onychocella sexangularis (Goldfuss, 1826) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella simplex (d'Orbigny, 1851) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella sheringensis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella spinata Favorskaya, 1980 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Turkmenistan
Onychocella spinifera Voigt, 1981 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella stenostoma (Reuss, 1848) Neogene Miocene Austria, Morocco, Algeria
Onychocella stigmatophora (Goldfuss, 1826) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands
Onychocella subaegon Favorskaya, 1980 Late Cretaceous Turkmenistan
Onychocella subglobosa Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella subirregularis Voigt, 1959 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany
Onychocella subpalpigera Voigt, 1985 Cretaceous Coniacian-Santonian France
Onychocella subpyriformis (d'Archiac, 1846) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian-Priabonian France, England, Italy, Egypt
Onychocella substrumulosa Brydone, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian England
Onychocella subsymmetrica Canu & Bassler, 1929 Recent
Neogene Miocene, Pleistocene
Philippines
Japan
Onychocella sussexiensis (Brydone, 1912) Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella tchingeldensis Favorskaya, 1980 Late Cretaceous Turkmenistan
Onychocella testudinaria Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Coniacian England
Onychocella tortuosa (Quenstedt, 1885) Cretaceous Santonian? Germany
Onychocella transversa Canu, 1910 Neogene Miocene Burdigalian France
Onychocella trimensis Brydone, 1936 Cretaceous Maastrichtian England
Onychocella turonica (Canu, 1900) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Onychocella vectense (Brydone, 1936) Cretaceous England
Onychocella vibraculifera Neviani, 1895 Recent Mediterranean
Onychocella waageni (Pergens, 1893) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Belgium
Onychocella welteri (Voigt, 1930) Cretaceous Santonian Germany
Onychocella xiphia (d'Orbigny, 1852) Cretaceous Maastrichtian France

This information is based upon various sources, but no personal knowledge. I am indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut. I have reassigned many species of Rhagasostoma to Onychocella without any critical review. Many of the species of d'Orbigny need further revision.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information. This is not a 'final' version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.

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