Foraminifera name details
Nautilus melo Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †
522994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:522994)
unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus)
Species
- Variety Nautilus melo var. alpha Fichtel & Moll, 1798 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † (foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus)
- Variety Nautilus melo var. beta Fichtel & Moll, 1798 † accepted as Borelis melo (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) † (foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
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]
Taxonomic remark The specimen figured by Reichel (1937, pl. 10. fig. 8) from the middle Miocene (Tortonian) of Transylvania. Romania, was...
Taxonomic remark The specimen figured by Reichel (1937, pl. 10. fig. 8) from the middle Miocene (Tortonian) of Transylvania. Romania, was designated as the neotype for Borelis melo Fichtel and Moil (Smout. 1963, p. 265), hence the later designation of a specimen from the Miocene of the Vienna Basin as a neotype for B. melo (Rögl and Hansen, 1984, p. 71. pl. 30, figs. 1, 2) is invalid.
(Loeblich and Tappan (1987, p. 362)). [details]
(Loeblich and Tappan (1987, p. 362)). [details]
Foraminifera (2025). Nautilus melo Fichtel & Moll, 1798 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=522994 on 2025-11-14
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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]
identification resource Rögl, F.; Hansen, H. J. (1984). Foraminifera described by Fichtel & Moll in 1798. A revision of Testacea Microscopica. <em>Neue Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien.</em> 3: 1-143.
note: Fossil only, the Recent occurrence from the Adriatic Sea is dubious. [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Reichel, M. (1937). Etude sur les Alvéolines. Second fascicule. <em>Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse.</em> 59: 95-147.
page(s): pl. 10, fig. 8. [details] Available for editors [request]
subsequent type designation Smout, A. H. (1963). The genus <i>Pseudedomia</i> and its phyletic relationships, with remarks on <i>Orbitolites</i> and other complex Foraminifera. In von Koenigswald, G. R. H., Emeis, J. D., Buning, W. I., Wagner, C. W. (eds.), Evolutionary Trends in Foraminifera. <em>Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam.</em> 224-281.
page(s): p. 265; note: Neotype designation. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): p. 118, pl. 24, figs. a-f (var. alpha), g-h. (var. beta). [details]
identification resource Rögl, F.; Hansen, H. J. (1984). Foraminifera described by Fichtel & Moll in 1798. A revision of Testacea Microscopica. <em>Neue Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien.</em> 3: 1-143.
note: Fossil only, the Recent occurrence from the Adriatic Sea is dubious. [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Reichel, M. (1937). Etude sur les Alvéolines. Second fascicule. <em>Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse.</em> 59: 95-147.
page(s): pl. 10, fig. 8. [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Smout, A. H. (1963). The genus <i>Pseudedomia</i> and its phyletic relationships, with remarks on <i>Orbitolites</i> and other complex Foraminifera. In von Koenigswald, G. R. H., Emeis, J. D., Buning, W. I., Wagner, C. W. (eds.), Evolutionary Trends in Foraminifera. <em>Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam.</em> 224-281.
page(s): p. 265; note: Neotype designation. [details] Available for editors
[request]From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The specimen figured by Reichel (1937, pl. 10. fig. 8) from the middle Miocene (Tortonian) of Transylvania. Romania, was designated as the neotype for Borelis melo Fichtel and Moil (Smout. 1963, p. 265), hence the later designation of a specimen from the Miocene of the Vienna Basin as a neotype for B. melo (Rögl and Hansen, 1984, p. 71. pl. 30, figs. 1, 2) is invalid.(Loeblich and Tappan (1987, p. 362)). [details]
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