WoRMS taxon details
Borelis Montfort, 1808
415125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415125)
accepted
Genus
Borelis melonoides Montfort, 1808 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † (type by original designation)
Clausulus Montfort, 1808 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Fasciolites (Borelia) Sorrentino, 1935 · unaccepted (ICZN Art 13 (b))
Melonia Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Melonites Lamarck, 1812 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Neoalveolina Silvestri, 1928 · unaccepted
- Species Borelis clarionensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Borelis matsudai Bassi & Iryu in Bassi, Iryu, Kinoshita, Fujita & Pignatti, 2023
- Species Borelis pulchra (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Borelis schlumbergeri (Reichel, 1937)
- Subgenus Borelis (Flosculinella) Schubert, 1910 accepted as Flosculinella Schubert in Richarz, 1910 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 170 [details]
page(s): p. 170 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Borelis Montfort, 1808. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415125 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 170 [details]
original description (of Neoalveolina Silvestri, 1928) Silvestri, A. (1928). Intorno all'<i>Alveolina melo</i> d'Orbigny (1846). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia.</em> 34: 17-44., available online at https://archive.org/details/rivista-italiana-di-paleontologia-e-stratigrafia_1928_34/page/16/mode/2up
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original description (of Clausulus Montfort, 1808) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 179, fig. p. 178. [details]
original description (of Melonites Lamarck, 1812) Lamarck, J. B. de. (1812). Extrait du cours de zoologie du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sur les animaux sans vertèbres; présentant la distribution et la classification de ces animaux, les caractères des principales divisions, et une simple liste des genres; a l'usage de ceux qui suivent ce cours. [Extract from the zoology course of the Natural History Museum, on animals without vertebrae; presenting the distribution and classification of these animals, the characteristics of the principal divisions, and a simple list of the genera; for the use of those following this course]. <em>Paris, D'Hautel.</em> 1-127., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10431#/summary [details]
original description (of Melonia Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 615 [details]
original description (of Fasciolites (Borelia) Sorrentino, 1935) Sorrentino S. (1935). Considerazioni sulla variabilità dei caratteri di Alveolina e Flosculina dal punto di vista del loro raggruppamento e determinazione. I contributo. <em>Bollettino della Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli.</em> 46: 121-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56475011 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 170 [details]
original description (of Neoalveolina Silvestri, 1928) Silvestri, A. (1928). Intorno all'<i>Alveolina melo</i> d'Orbigny (1846). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia.</em> 34: 17-44., available online at https://archive.org/details/rivista-italiana-di-paleontologia-e-stratigrafia_1928_34/page/16/mode/2up
page(s): p. 35 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clausulus Montfort, 1808) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 179, fig. p. 178. [details]
original description (of Melonites Lamarck, 1812) Lamarck, J. B. de. (1812). Extrait du cours de zoologie du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sur les animaux sans vertèbres; présentant la distribution et la classification de ces animaux, les caractères des principales divisions, et une simple liste des genres; a l'usage de ceux qui suivent ce cours. [Extract from the zoology course of the Natural History Museum, on animals without vertebrae; presenting the distribution and classification of these animals, the characteristics of the principal divisions, and a simple list of the genera; for the use of those following this course]. <em>Paris, D'Hautel.</em> 1-127., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10431#/summary [details]
original description (of Melonia Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 615 [details]
original description (of Fasciolites (Borelia) Sorrentino, 1935) Sorrentino S. (1935). Considerazioni sulla variabilità dei caratteri di Alveolina e Flosculina dal punto di vista del loro raggruppamento e determinazione. I contributo. <em>Bollettino della Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli.</em> 46: 121-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56475011 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Test small, spherical to fusiform, dimorphism minor, early whorls nautiloid and streptospirally enrolled in both generations, septula aligned from chamber to chamber and may appear Y-shaped in axial section because of the alternately larger and smaller chamberlets and radial displacement of the smaller ones, preseptal passage present; apertures in a single row. U. Eocene to Holocene; Spain; Austria; Romania; Italy; Greece; Turkey; Israel; Iran; Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Egypt; Indonesia; Red Sea; Indian Ocean; tropical Atlantic; Caribbean. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
