Foraminifera - Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) parva Douglass, 1960 †

Foraminifera name details

Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) parva Douglass, 1960 †

AphiaID

1541301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1541301)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Mesorbitolina parva (Douglass, 1960) † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) Schroeder, 1962 † accepted as Mesorbitolina Schroeder, 1962 †

Original name

Orbitolina parva Douglass, 1960 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Orbitolina parva Douglass, 1960 †) Douglass, R. C. (1960). The foraminiferal genus Orbitolina in North America. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 333: 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp333
page(s): p. 39; pl. 9, figs. 1-14. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) parva Douglass, 1960 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1541301 on 2026-07-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2021-09-17 10:44:47Z

created

Le Coze, François

2023-12-10 11:03:39Z

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Le Coze, François

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Sources (2)

original description (of Orbitolina parva Douglass, 1960 †) Douglass, R. C. (1960). The foraminiferal genus Orbitolina in North America. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 333: 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp333
page(s): p. 39; pl. 9, figs. 1-14. [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference Schroeder, R. (1979). Les orbitolines de l'aptien: Définitions, origine et évolution. Geobios. 12: 289-299., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(79)80069-8
page(s): p. 291; pl. 1, figs. 4, 5. [details] Available for editors

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