Foraminifera taxon details
Borelis Montfort, 1808
415125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415125)
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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 arpati Sirel & Gündüz, 1981 †
- Species Borelis boninensis Matsumaru, 1996 †
- Species Borelis clarionensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Borelis fusiformis Matsumaru, 2017 †
- Species Borelis globosa Matsumaru, 1974 †
- Species Borelis hottingeri Vicedo, Berlanga & Serra-Kiel, 2014 †
- Species Borelis inflata (Adams, 1965) †
- Species Borelis jamaicensis Vaughan, 1929 †
- Species Borelis laxispira Si̇rel & Deveciler, 2020 †
- Species Borelis matsudai Bassi & Iryu in Bassi, Iryu, Kinoshita, Fujita & Pignatti, 2023
- Species Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) †
- Subspecies Borelis melo subsp. haueri (d'Orbigny, 1846) †
- Subspecies Borelis melo subsp. curdica (Reichel, 1937) † accepted as Praebullalveolina curdica (Reichel, 1937) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Sirel et al. (2020))
- Species Borelis merici Sirel & Gündüz, 1981 †
- Species Borelis parvulus Hanzawa, 1949 †
- Species Borelis peybernesi De Castro in De Castro & Peybernès, 1983 †
- Species Borelis philippinensis Hanzawa, 1949 †
- Species Borelis pilus Serova, 1955 †
- Species Borelis primitivus Cole, 1957 †
- Species Borelis pulchra (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Borelis pygmaea Hanzawa, 1930 †
- Species Borelis reicheli Souaya, 1963 †
- Species Borelis roegli Popescu & Crihan, 2002 †
- Species Borelis schlumbergeri (Reichel, 1937)
- Species Borelis vonderschmitti (Schweighauser, 1951) †
- Subgenus Borelis (Alveolina) Yabe & Hanzawa, 1929 † accepted as Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
- Subgenus Borelis (Fasciolites) Yabe & Hanzawa, 1929 † accepted as Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
- Species Borelis (Fasciolites) pygmaea Hanzawa, 1930 † accepted as Neoalveolina pygmaea (Hanzawa, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Reichel (1937))
- Subgenus Borelis (Flosculina) Yabe & Hanzawa, 1929 † accepted as Alveolina d'Orbigny, 1826 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
- Subgenus Borelis (Flosculinella) Schubert, 1910 accepted as Flosculinella Schubert in Richarz, 1910 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Species Borelis cardenasensis Barker & Grimsdale, 1937 † accepted as Chubbinella cardenasensis (Barker & Grimsdale, 1937) † (Type species of Chubbinella)
- Species Borelis curdica (Reichel, 1937) † accepted as Praebullalveolina curdica (Reichel, 1937) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Borelis gunteri Cole, 1941 † accepted as Quasiborelis gunteri (Cole, 1941) † (Type species of Quasiborelis)
- Species Borelis labyrinthiformis Ehrenberg, 1854 † accepted as Neostaffella labyrinthiformis (Ehrenberg, 1854) †
- Species Borelis matleyi Vaughan, 1929 † accepted as Pseudofabularia matleyi (Vaughan, 1929) † (Type species of Pseudofabularia)
- Species Borelis melanoides Montfort, 1808 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Misspelling of melonoides)
- Species Borelis melonoides Montfort, 1808 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) †
- Species Borelis princeps Ehrenberg, 1842 † accepted as Schwagerina princeps (Ehrenberg, 1842) † (Type species of Schwagerina)
- Species Borelis sphaeroidea (Lamarck, 1816) † accepted as Pseudostaffella sphaeroidea (Lamarck, 1816) †
- Species Borelis constricta Ehrenberg, 1842 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Species dubia Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966))
- Species Borelis palaeolophus Ehrenberg, 1854 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Species dubia Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966) no description, no types)
- Species Borelis palaeophacus Ehrenberg, 1854 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Species dubia Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966) no description, no types)
- Species Borelis palaeosphaera Ehrenberg, 1854 † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Species dubia Opinion of Kahler and Kahler (1966) no description, no types)
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]
Diagnosis Test small, spherical to fusiform, dimorphism minor, early whorls nautiloid and streptospirally enrolled in both...
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]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Borelis Montfort, 1808. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415125 on 2025-04-27
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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
page(s): p. 35 [details] Available for editors
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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]
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]
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
[request]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
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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]
