Deep-Sea taxon details
Rotaliidae Ehrenberg, 1839
111948 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111948)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Rotaliinae Ehrenberg, 1839
- Genus Rotalia Lamarck, 1804 †
- 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. Rotaliidae Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111948 on 2026-09-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Rotaliidae Ehrenberg, 1839. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111948 on 2026-09-25
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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 Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista [details]
additional source Ehrenberg, C.G. (1840). Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. <em>Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> [1838]: 59-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29017435
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120 [details]
additional source Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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
page(s): Chart opp. p. 64 [details]
basis of record Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista [details]
additional source Ehrenberg, C.G. (1840). Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. <em>Physikalische Abhandlungen der Königlischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> [1838]: 59-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29017435
page(s): Chart opp. p. 120 [details]
additional source Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
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
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Test trochospiral throughout, with radial canals or fissures and intraseptal and subsutural canals. U. Cretaceous (Coniacian) to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
