Foraminifera taxon details
Virgulinella fragilis Grindell & Collen, 1976
466393 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:466393)
accepted
Species
Virgulinella curta McCulloch, 1981 · unaccepted
Virgulinella peruensis McCulloch, 1977 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Grindell, D. S.; Collen, J. D. (1976). Virgulinella fragilis n. sp. (Foraminiferida) from Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. <em>Revista española de micropaleontología.</em> 8: 273-278. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Virgulinella fragilis Grindell & Collen, 1976. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=466393 on 2026-08-18
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Grindell, D. S.; Collen, J. D. (1976). Virgulinella fragilis n. sp. (Foraminiferida) from Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. <em>Revista española de micropaleontología.</em> 8: 273-278. [details]
original description (of Virgulinella peruensis McCulloch, 1977) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Virgulinella curta McCulloch, 1981) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (PeRMS) Cardich, J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Romero, D.; Pérez, A.; Quipúzcoa, L.; Marquina, R.; Yupanqui, W.; Solís, J.; Carhuapoma, W.; Sifeddine, A.; Rathburn, A. (2015). Calcareous benthic foraminifera from the upper central Peruvian margin: control of the assemblage by pore water redox and sedimentary organic matter. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 535: 63-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11409 [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tsuchiya, M.; Grimm, G. W.; Heinz, P.; Stögerer, K.; Ertan, K. T.; Collen, J.; Brüchert, V.; Hemleben, C.; Hemleben, V.; Kitazato, H. (2009). Ribosomal DNA shows extremely low genetic divergence in a world-wide distributed, but disjunct and highly adapted marine protozoan (Virgulinella fragilis, Foraminiferida). <i>Marine Micropaleontology</i>. 70: 8-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.10.001 [details]
original description (of Virgulinella peruensis McCulloch, 1977) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Virgulinella curta McCulloch, 1981) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (PeRMS) Cardich, J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Romero, D.; Pérez, A.; Quipúzcoa, L.; Marquina, R.; Yupanqui, W.; Solís, J.; Carhuapoma, W.; Sifeddine, A.; Rathburn, A. (2015). Calcareous benthic foraminifera from the upper central Peruvian margin: control of the assemblage by pore water redox and sedimentary organic matter. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 535: 63-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11409 [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tsuchiya, M.; Grimm, G. W.; Heinz, P.; Stögerer, K.; Ertan, K. T.; Collen, J.; Brüchert, V.; Hemleben, C.; Hemleben, V.; Kitazato, H. (2009). Ribosomal DNA shows extremely low genetic divergence in a world-wide distributed, but disjunct and highly adapted marine protozoan (Virgulinella fragilis, Foraminiferida). <i>Marine Micropaleontology</i>. 70: 8-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2008.10.001 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Virgulinella fragilis)
To GenBank (137 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Virgulinella fragilis)
To GenBank (137 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
From editor or global species database
