Foraminifera taxon details
Discorbina trochus (Münster, 1838) †
890072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890072)
accepted
Species
Rotalia (Rotalie) discoides d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (Nomen nudum & vernacular)
Rotalia (Rotalie) trochus d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (name not available. ICZN Art. 11...)
name not available. ICZN Art. 11 (b)(i): 11 (g): vernacular
Rotalia discoidea d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841 † · unaccepted (junior synonym opinion of...)
junior synonym opinion of Poignant (1998)
Rotalia discoidea d'Orbigny, 1841 † · unaccepted (Alternate authority quote)
Rotalia discoides d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (Nomen nudum)
Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted (junior synonym opinion of...)
junior synonym opinion of Poignant (1998)
Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (Nomen nudum)
Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 † · unaccepted (Species credited to Roemer by...)
Species credited to Roemer by some modern authors but Roemer credited it to Münster
Rotalia trochus Roemer, 1838 † · unaccepted (Species credited to Roemer by...)
Species credited to Roemer by some modern authors but Roemer credited it to Münster
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 †) Roemer, F. A. (1838). Cephalopoden des Nord-Deutschen tertiaren Meersandes. <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde.</em> 381-394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35870965 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Discorbina trochus (Münster, 1838) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890072 on 2026-04-20
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original description
(of Rotalia discoidea d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841 †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Saggio storico dei Rizopodi caratteristici dei terreni sopracretacei. <em>Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena.</em> 22 (Fisica): 253-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8723899
page(s): p. 283 [details]
original description (of Rotorbinella discoides (d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841) †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Saggio storico dei Rizopodi caratteristici dei terreni sopracretacei. <em>Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena.</em> 22 (Fisica): 253-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8723899 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): vol. 3 p. 156 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 †) Roemer, F. A. (1838). Cephalopoden des Nord-Deutschen tertiaren Meersandes. <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde.</em> 381-394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35870965 [details]
new combination reference Poignant, A. (1998). Révision des espèces de foraminifères signalées par d'Orbigny en Aquitaine (S.O. France) dans le « Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes » (1826) - A review of the species of foraminifera reported by d'Orbigny in Aquitaine (S.W. France) in the “Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes” (1826). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 41(2): 107-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-1598(98)90055-1
note: As discorbina trocha but trochus is a substantive not an adjective. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 283 [details]
original description (of Rotorbinella discoides (d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841) †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Saggio storico dei Rizopodi caratteristici dei terreni sopracretacei. <em>Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena.</em> 22 (Fisica): 253-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8723899 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): vol. 3 p. 156 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 †) Roemer, F. A. (1838). Cephalopoden des Nord-Deutschen tertiaren Meersandes. <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde.</em> 381-394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35870965 [details]
new combination reference Poignant, A. (1998). Révision des espèces de foraminifères signalées par d'Orbigny en Aquitaine (S.O. France) dans le « Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes » (1826) - A review of the species of foraminifera reported by d'Orbigny in Aquitaine (S.W. France) in the “Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes” (1826). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 41(2): 107-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-1598(98)90055-1
note: As discorbina trocha but trochus is a substantive not an adjective. [details] Available for editors