WoRMS name details
Rotalia elegans d'Orbigny, 1826
523428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:523428)
unaccepted (Nomen nudum)
Species
Rotalia (Rotalie) elegans d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted (name not available. ICZN Art. 11...)
name not available. ICZN Art. 11 (b)(i): 11 (g): vernacular
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 272 n° 6; note: Not Rotalia (Turbinulina) elegans [details]
page(s): p. 272 n° 6; note: Not Rotalia (Turbinulina) elegans [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Rotalia elegans d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=523428 on 2026-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 272 n° 6; note: Not Rotalia (Turbinulina) elegans [details]
page(s): p. 272 n° 6; note: Not Rotalia (Turbinulina) elegans [details]
From editor or global species database
Remark Rotalia (Turbinuline) elegans d'Orbigny, 1826 and Rotalia elegans d'Orbigny, 1826 are two different species. [details]
