Foraminifera taxon details
Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) †
480177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:480177)
accepted
Species
Alveolina bradyi Silvestri, 1927 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Reichel (1937), Jones (1994)
Alveolina melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) · unaccepted
Borelis melanoides Montfort, 1808 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Misspelling of melonoides)
Borelis melonoides Montfort, 1808 † · unaccepted
Clausulus indicator Montfort, 1808 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Rögl and Hansen (1984))
Melonites sphaerica Lamarck, 1816 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Opinion of Rögl and Hansen (1984))
Nautilus melo Fichtel & Moll, 1798 † · unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described...)
foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus
Nautilus melo var. alpha Fichtel & Moll, 1798 † · unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described...)
foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus
Nautilus melo var. beta Fichtel & Moll, 1798 † · unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described...)
foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus
Neoalveolina bradyi (Silvestri, 1927) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Reichel (1937)
Neoalveolina melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † · unaccepted
- Subspecies Borelis melo subsp. haueri (d'Orbigny, 1846) †
- Subspecies Borelis melo subsp. curdica (Reichel, 1937) † accepted as Praebullalveolina curdica (Reichel, 1937) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Sirel et al. (2020))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Nautilus melo Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
Fossil range Borelis melo is restricted to the Miocene in opinion of Forderer et al (2018)
Fossil range Borelis melo is restricted to the Miocene in opinion of Forderer et al (2018) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=480177 on 2025-11-14
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original description
(of Nautilus melo Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
original description (of Nautilus melo var. alpha Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary [details]
original description (of Nautilus melo var. beta Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary [details]
original description (of Alveolina bradyi Silvestri, 1927 †) Silvestri, A. (1927). Sull'età di alcune rocce della Libia ltaliana. <em>Annuario del Reale Liceo Scientifico "Vittorio Veneto" di Milano.</em> 1926-1927(2): 223-232. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Clausulus indicator Montfort, 1808 †) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 179, fig. p. 178. [details]
original description (of Borelis melonoides Montfort, 1808 †) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 171, fig. p. 170. [details]
original description (of Melonites sphaerica Lamarck, 1816 †) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]
basis of record Jones, R. W. (1994). The Challenger Foraminifera. <em>Oxford University Press.</em> 149 p. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
original description (of Nautilus melo var. alpha Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary [details]
original description (of Nautilus melo var. beta Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary [details]
original description (of Alveolina bradyi Silvestri, 1927 †) Silvestri, A. (1927). Sull'età di alcune rocce della Libia ltaliana. <em>Annuario del Reale Liceo Scientifico "Vittorio Veneto" di Milano.</em> 1926-1927(2): 223-232. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clausulus indicator Montfort, 1808 †) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 179, fig. p. 178. [details]
original description (of Borelis melonoides Montfort, 1808 †) Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. <em>Paris: Schoell.</em> Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): p. 171, fig. p. 170. [details]
original description (of Melonites sphaerica Lamarck, 1816 †) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278 [details]
basis of record Jones, R. W. (1994). The Challenger Foraminifera. <em>Oxford University Press.</em> 149 p. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Fossil range Borelis melo is restricted to the Miocene in opinion of Forderer et al (2018) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Nautilus melo Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Alveolina melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798))
To NHMUK collection (Neoalveolina melo Reichel; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2032156) (from synonym Neoalveolina melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (62 publications) (from synonym Alveolina melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798))
To NHMUK collection (Neoalveolina melo Reichel; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2032156) (from synonym Neoalveolina melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) †)
