WoRMS taxon details
Pararotalia armata (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865)
866407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:866407)
accepted
Species
Ammonia capetownensis McCulloch, 1977 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym in...)
subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward pers obs (2020)
Pararotalia capetownensis (McCulloch, 1977) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym in...)
subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al. (2021)
Rosalina spinigera Terquem, 1882 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Le Calvez (1952)
Rotalia (Rotalie) armata d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted (Nomen nudum & vernacular)
Rotalia armata d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865 · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan (1957))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Rotalia armata d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) Parker W. K., Jones T. R. & Brady H. B. (1865). On the nomenclature of the Foraminifera. Part X. (continued). The species enumerated by D'Orbigny in the 'Annales des Sciences Naturelles,' 1826, vol. vii. - III. The species illustrated by models. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 16 (91): 15-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22248975#page/29/
page(s): Model n° 70 pl. 3 fig. 88 [details]
page(s): Model n° 70 pl. 3 fig. 88 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Pararotalia armata (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=866407 on 2026-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rotalia armata d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) Parker W. K., Jones T. R. & Brady H. B. (1865). On the nomenclature of the Foraminifera. Part X. (continued). The species enumerated by D'Orbigny in the 'Annales des Sciences Naturelles,' 1826, vol. vii. - III. The species illustrated by models. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 16 (91): 15-41., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22248975#page/29/
page(s): Model n° 70 pl. 3 fig. 88 [details]
original description (of Ammonia capetownensis 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 Rosalina spinigera Terquem, 1882 †) Terquem, M. O. (1882). Les Foraminifères de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, troisième séries.</em> 2(mém. 3): 1-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42287114 [details]
basis of record Yim, W. W.-S.; He, X.-X. (1988). Holocene foraminifera in Hong Kong and their palaeoenvironmental significance. <em>In: The palaeoenvironment of east asia from the mid-tertiary, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia, Vol. II: Oceanography, Palaeozoology and Palaeoanthropology (eds. Whyte, P. Aigner, J.S., Jablonski, N.G., Taylor, G., Walker, D., Pinxian, W. & So, C.-L.), Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.</em> 787-809. [details] Available for editors [request]
new combination reference Loeblich, A.R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Morphology and taxonomy of the foraminiferal genus Pararotalia Le Calvez, 1949. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> v. 135 (2): 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27083356
page(s): p. 9 pl. 5 fig. 2 [details]
page(s): Model n° 70 pl. 3 fig. 88 [details]
original description (of Ammonia capetownensis 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 Rosalina spinigera Terquem, 1882 †) Terquem, M. O. (1882). Les Foraminifères de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, troisième séries.</em> 2(mém. 3): 1-193., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42287114 [details]
basis of record Yim, W. W.-S.; He, X.-X. (1988). Holocene foraminifera in Hong Kong and their palaeoenvironmental significance. <em>In: The palaeoenvironment of east asia from the mid-tertiary, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia, Vol. II: Oceanography, Palaeozoology and Palaeoanthropology (eds. Whyte, P. Aigner, J.S., Jablonski, N.G., Taylor, G., Walker, D., Pinxian, W. & So, C.-L.), Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.</em> 787-809. [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Loeblich, A.R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Morphology and taxonomy of the foraminiferal genus Pararotalia Le Calvez, 1949. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> v. 135 (2): 1-24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27083356
page(s): p. 9 pl. 5 fig. 2 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Le Calvez, Y. (1970). Contribution à l'étude des Foraminifères paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. <em>Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique.</em> 1-326.
page(s): p. 161 pl. 39 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 161 pl. 39 fig. 1 [details] Available for editors
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Yim, W. W.-S.; He, X.-X. (1988). Holocene foraminifera in Hong Kong and their palaeoenvironmental significance. <em>In: The palaeoenvironment of east asia from the mid-tertiary, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Paleoenvironment of East Asia, Vol. II: Oceanography, Palaeozoology and Palaeoanthropology (eds. Whyte, P. Aigner, J.S., Jablonski, N.G., Taylor, G., Walker, D., Pinxian, W. & So, C.-L.), Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.</em> 787-809. [details] Available for editors [request]
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