WoRMS taxon details
Rotaliinae Ehrenberg, 1839
721059 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:721059)
accepted
Subfamily
- Genus Rotorbinella Bandy, 1944
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Rotaliinae Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=721059 on 2026-08-24
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Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
basis of record 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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page(s): Chart opp. p. 64. [details]
basis of record 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 trochospiral, external openings of umbilical side consist of radial canals or fissures or umbilical cavities, commonly also has intraseptal and subsutural canals, umbilical region primarily closed by an umbilical flap, single intercameral foramen. U. Cretaceous (Coniacian) to L. Miocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
