Foraminifera taxon details

Orbitolina d'Orbigny, 1850 †

545203  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:545203)

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Genus
Orbitolina (Orbitolina) d'Orbigny, 1850 · alternative representation
Orbitulina Bronn, 1853 † · unaccepted (Objective junior synonym in...)  
Objective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)

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  1. Species Orbitolina anomala Prever, 1909 †
  2. Species Orbitolina baconica Méhes, 1964 †
  3. Species Orbitolina beremendensis Méhes, 1967 †
  4. Species Orbitolina boehmi Prever, 1909 †
  5. Species Orbitolina chitralensis Sahni & Sastri, 1957 †
  6. Species Orbitolina concava (Lamarck, 1816) †
  7. Species Orbitolina crassa Douglass, 1960 †
  8. Species Orbitolina dinarica Pašić, 1962 †
  9. Species Orbitolina discoideaconoidea Yabe & Hanzawa, 1926 †
  10. Species Orbitolina gigantea d'Orbigny, 1850 †
  11. Species Orbitolina gracilis Douglass, 1960 †
  12. Species Orbitolina grossa Douglass, 1960 †
  13. Species Orbitolina hensoni Simmons, Whittaker & Jones, 2000 †
  14. Species Orbitolina hukawgensis Sahni & Sastri, 1957 †
  15. Species Orbitolina japonica Yabe & Hanzawa, 1926 †
  16. Species Orbitolina kashmirica Sahni & Sastri, 1957 †
  17. Species Orbitolina lamina Ho, 1976 †
  18. Species Orbitolina mamillata (d'Archiac, 1850) †
  19. Species Orbitolina minuta Douglass, 1960 †
  20. Species Orbitolina morelensis Ayala-Castañares, 1960 †
  21. Species Orbitolina obesa Sahni & Sastri, 1957 †
  22. Species Orbitolina parma Fossa-Mancini, 1928 †
  23. Species Orbitolina paronai Prever, 1909 †
  24. Species Orbitolina patula Carter, 1857 †
  25. Species Orbitolina planoconvexa Yabe & Hanzawa, 1926 †
  26. Species Orbitolina polymorpha Prever, 1909 †
  27. Species Orbitolina praeconica Méhes, 1964 †
  28. Species Orbitolina praecursor Montanari, 1964 †
  29. Species Orbitolina qatarica Henson, 1948 †
  30. Species Orbitolina radiata d'Orbigny, 1850 †
  31. Species Orbitolina raoi Sahni & Sastri, 1957 †
  32. Species Orbitolina santonica Eremeeva, 1961 †
  33. Species Orbitolina sefini Henson, 1948 †
  34. Species Orbitolina serbica Pašić, 1962 †
  35. Species Orbitolina shikokuensis Yabe & Hanzawa, 1926 †
  36. Species Orbitolina thompsoni Hodson, 1926 †
  37. Species Orbitolina wadiai Sahni & Sastri, 1957 †
  38. Species Orbitolina whitneyi Carsey, 1926 †
  39. Subgenus Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) B.G. Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina Schroeder, 1962 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
    1. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) alticonica Zhang, 1982 †
    2. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) equisepimenta Zhang, 1986 †
    3. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) lepida Zhang, 1982 †
    4. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) microsphaerica Zhang, 1982 †
    5. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) orientala Zhang, 1982 †
    6. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) rutogensis Zhang, 1982 †
    7. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) scitula Zhang, 1982 †
    8. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) absidata Zhang, 1986 † accepted as Mesorbitolina parva (Douglass, 1960) † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Rao et al. (2015))
    9. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) lhunzhubensis Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina lhunzhubensis (Zhang, 1982) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Zhang (1994))
    10. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) minuscula Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina minuscula (Zhang, 1982) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Zhang (1994))
    11. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) parva Douglass, 1960 † accepted as Mesorbitolina parva (Douglass, 1960) † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    12. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) pengboensis Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina pengboensis (Zhang, 1982) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987), Zhang (1994))
    13. Species Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) tibetica Cotter, 1929 † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Subgenus Orbitolina (Conicorbitolina) Schroeder, 1973 † accepted as Conicorbitolina Schroeder, 1973 † (Opinion of Loeblich &Tappan (1987) nomen translatum)
    1. Species Orbitolina (Conicorbitolina) moulladei Bilotte, 1985 †
    2. Species Orbitolina (Conicorbitolina) conica (d'Archiac, 1837) † accepted as Conicorbitolina conica (d'Archiac, 1837) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Orbitolina (Conicorbitolina) corbarica Schroeder, 1985 † accepted as Conicorbitolina corbarica (Schroeder, 1985) † (Opinion of Yazdi-Moghadam and Schlagintweit (2021))
    4. Species Orbitolina (Conicorbitolina) cuvillieri (Moullade in Moullade et al., 1972) † accepted as Conicorbitolina cuvillieri (Moullade in Moullade et al., 1972) †
  41. Subgenus Orbitolina (Eorbitolina) B.G. Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Eorbitolina B.G. Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Dictyorbitolina Cherchi & Schroeder, 1976 † (Opinion of Zhang (1986) nomen translatum)
    1. Species Orbitolina (Eorbitolina) prisca Zhang, 1982 †
    2. Species Orbitolina (Eorbitolina) robusta Zhang, 1982 †
  42. Subgenus Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) Schroeder, 1962 † accepted as Mesorbitolina Schroeder, 1962 †
    1. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) cotyliformis Zhang, 1986 †
    2. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) erratica Cherchi, 1979 †
    3. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) irregularis Zhang, 1986 †
    4. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) maryoensis Zhang, 1986 †
    5. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) ovalis Görög & Arnaud-Vanneau, 1996 †
    6. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) regularis Zhang, 1986 †
    7. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) aperta (Erman, 1854) † accepted as Mesorbitolina aperta (Erman, 1854) †
    8. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) aspera Zhang, 1986 † accepted as Mesorbitolina subconcava (Leymerie, 1878) † (Opinion of Rao et al. (2015))
    9. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) birmanica Sahni, 1937 † accepted as Mesorbitolina birmanica (Sahni, 1937) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    10. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) gigantea Zhang, 1986 † accepted as Mesorbitolina aperta (Erman, 1854) † (Opinion of Rao et al. (2015))
    11. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) imparilis Zhang, 1986 † accepted as Mesorbitolina subconcava (Leymerie, 1878) † (Opinion of Rao et al. (2015))
    12. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) langshanensis Zhang, 1986 † accepted as Mesorbitolina subconcava (Leymerie, 1878) † (Opinion of Rao et al. (2015))
    13. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) lotzei Schroeder, 1964 † accepted as Mesorbitolina lotzei (Schroeder, 1964) † (Opinion of Cherchi and Schroeder (2010))
    14. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) parva Douglass, 1960 † accepted as Mesorbitolina parva (Douglass, 1960) † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    15. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) subconcava (Leymerie, 1878) † accepted as Mesorbitolina subconcava (Leymerie, 1878) †
    16. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) texana (Roemer, 1849) † accepted as Mesorbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849) †
    17. Species Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) xainzaensis Zhang, 1986 † accepted as Mesorbitolina subconcava (Leymerie, 1878) † (Opinion of Rao et al. (2015))
  43. Subgenus Orbitolina (Palorbitolina) Schroeder, 1963 † accepted as Palorbitolina Schroeder, 1963 † (Opinion of Schroeder (1964) Nomen translatum)
    1. Species Orbitolina (Palorbitolina) complanata Zhang, 1982 †
    2. Species Orbitolina (Palorbitolina) megasphaerica Zhang, 1982 †
    3. Species Orbitolina (Palorbitolina) umbellata Zhang, 1982 †
    4. Species Orbitolina (Palorbitolina) discoidea (Gras, 1852) † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    5. Species Orbitolina (Palorbitolina) lenticulata (Lamarck, 1816) † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) †
  44. Species Orbitolina andreaei Martin, 1891 † accepted as Mesorbitolina aperta (Erman, 1854) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schroeder (1962, 1985))
  45. Species Orbitolina annularis Parker & Jones, 1860 accepted as Annulopatellina annularis (Parker & Jones, 1860) (Type species of Annulopatellina)
  46. Species Orbitolina arcuala Mohammed, 2012 † accepted as Mesorbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Consorti and Schlagintweit (2021))
  47. Species Orbitolina birmanica Sahni, 1937 † accepted as Mesorbitolina birmanica (Sahni, 1937) † (Opinion of Schlagintweit and Wilmsen (2014))
  48. Species Orbitolina birmanica Sahni Em. Sahni & Sastri, 1957 † accepted as Orbitolina birmanica Sahni, 1937 † accepted as Mesorbitolina birmanica (Sahni, 1937) †
  49. Species Orbitolina bulgarica (Boué, 1840) † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schroeder (1963))
  50. Species Orbitolina confusa Pašić, 1962 † accepted as Mesorbitolina confusa (Pašić, 1962) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Zhang (1994))
  51. Species Orbitolina conoidea Gras, 1852 † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schroeder (1963))
  52. Species Orbitolina conulus Douvillé, 1912 † accepted as Neorbitolinopsis conulus (Douvillé, 1912) † (Type species of Neorbitolinopsis)
  53. Species Orbitolina daviesi Hofker, 1966 † accepted as Karsella daviesi (Hofker, 1966) † (Opinion of Schlagintweit (2021))
  54. Species Orbitolina discoidea Gras, 1852 † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schroeder (1963))
  55. Species Orbitolina kiliani Prever, 1932 † accepted as Orbitolinopsis kiliani Henson, 1948 † (name not available, ICZN Art. 13, no description)
  56. Species Orbitolina kurdica Henson, 1948 † accepted as Mesorbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Simmons et al. (2000) [based on the designation of a lectotype from an unillustrated specimen; see note])
  57. Species Orbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Species Orbitolina lenticulata (Lamarck, 1816) † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) †
  59. Species Orbitolina oculata Douglass, 1960 † accepted as Mesorbitolina oculata (Douglass, 1960) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Velic (2007))
  60. Species Orbitolina parva Douglass, 1960 † accepted as Mesorbitolina parva (Douglass, 1960) † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Cherchi and Schroeder (2010))
  61. Species Orbitolina pervia Douglass, 1960 † accepted as Mesorbitolina pervia (Douglass, 1960) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Velic (2007))
  62. Species Orbitolina pileus Fossa-Mancini, 1928 † accepted as Palorbitolinoides pileus (Fossa-Mancini, 1928) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Schlagintweit (2023))
  63. Species Orbitolina pleurocentralis Carter, 1857 † accepted as Orbiculina pleurocentralis Carter, 1857 † accepted as Heterostegina pleurocentralis (Carter, 1857) † accepted as Heterostegina (Vlerkina) pleurocentralis (Carter, 1857) † (Lapsus calami according to Banner and Hodgkinson (1991))
  64. Species Orbitolina subconcava Leymerie, 1878 † accepted as Mesorbitolina subconcava (Leymerie, 1878) † (Opinion of Cherchi and Schroeder (2010))
  65. Species Orbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849) † accepted as Orbitolina (Mesorbitolina) texana (Roemer, 1849) † accepted as Mesorbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849) †
  66. Species Orbitolina tibetica Cotter, 1929 † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Zhang (1984), Schlagintweit and Le Coze (2023))
  67. Species Orbitolina tibetica Cotter Em. Sahni & Sastri, 1957 † accepted as Orbitolina tibetica Cotter, 1929 † accepted as Mesorbitolina tibetica (Cotter, 1929) †
  68. Species Orbitolina turonica Pašić, 1962 † accepted as Conicorbitolina conica (d'Archiac, 1837) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Opinion of Schroeder in Schroeder and Neumann (1985))
  69. Species Orbitolina vesicularis Parker & Jones, 1860 accepted as Gypsina vesicularis (Parker & Jones, 1860)
  70. Species Orbitolina walnutensis Carsey, 1926 † accepted as Dictyoconus walnutensis (Carsey, 1926) † accepted as Carseyella walnutensis (Carsey, 1926) † (Opinion of A.Silvestri (1932), Davies (1939), Barker (1944))
  71. Subgenus Orbitolina (Orbitolina) d'Orbigny, 1850 represented as Orbitolina d'Orbigny, 1850 †
    1. Species Orbitolina (Orbitolina) duranddelgai Schroeder, 1972 †
    2. Species Orbitolina (Orbitolina) paeneconica Vial, 1973
    3. Species Orbitolina (Orbitolina) toibaica Zhang, 1986 †
    4. Species Orbitolina (Orbitolina) aliensis Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina birmanica (Sahni, 1937) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schlagintweit and Wilmsen (2014))
    5. Species Orbitolina (Orbitolina) bangoinica Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Palorbitolinoides hedini Cherchi & Schroeder, 1980 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Zhang (1994), Cherchi and Schroeder (2010))
    6. Species Orbitolina (Orbitolina) concava (Lamarck, 1816) † accepted as Orbitolina concava (Lamarck, 1816) †
    7. Species Orbitolina (Orbitolina) deltoides Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina birmanica (Sahni, 1937) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schlagintweit and Wilmsen (2014))
  72. Species Orbitolina aliensis Zhang, 1982 † represented as Orbitolina (Orbitolina) aliensis Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina birmanica (Sahni, 1937) †
  73. Species Orbitolina bangoinica Zhang, 1982 † represented as Orbitolina (Orbitolina) bangoinica Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Palorbitolinoides hedini Cherchi & Schroeder, 1980 †
  74. Species Orbitolina deltoides Zhang, 1982 † represented as Orbitolina (Orbitolina) deltoides Zhang, 1982 † accepted as Mesorbitolina birmanica (Sahni, 1937) †
  75. Species Orbitolina scutum (Fritsch, 1878) † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Schlagintweit (2023) pers. comm. [Orbitolinid indet., indeterminable drawings and no depository given])
  76. Species Orbitolina trochus (Fritsch, 1878) † (uncertain > nomen dubium, Opinion of Schlagintweit (2023) pers. comm. [Orbitolinid indet., indeterminable drawings and no depository given])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): vol. 2, p. 143, 184 [details]   
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2024). World Foraminifera Database. Orbitolina d'Orbigny, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545203 on 2024-04-25
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original description Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): vol. 2, p. 143, 184 [details]   

original description  (of Orbitulina Bronn, 1853 †) Bronn, H. G., and E. Roemer, 1853, Lethaea Geognostica; vierte Periode; Kreide-Gebirge: Aufl. 3, Bd. 2, Theil 5 (1851-1852). Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart.
page(s): p. 93 [details]   

subsequent type designation Parker, W. K.; Jones, T. R. (1860). [On the nomenclature of the Foraminifera. Part IV. The species enumerated by Lamarck.] [Continued.]. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 6 (31): 29-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2267078
page(s): p. 38 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
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Diagnosis Test large, up to 30 mm in diameter, low conical to nearly discoidal form, very large apically situated embryonal apparatus with large and broad proloculus that may be irregular in shape, with narrow subembryonic zone, and a supraembryonic zone that is about three times thicker, both sub-and supraembryonic zones subdivided by vertical radial beams projecting inward from the outer wall and by irregular endoskeletal plates similar to the axial zone of the later chambers, embryonal chambers completely surrounded laterally by the first postembryonic chamber, later rectilinear and discoidal chambers extend across the entire lower surface, but latest adult chambers may be only annular, marginal zone very thin but well developed, with both primary radial exoskeletal beams and shorter second order beams, as well as one or more layers of horizontal rafters, the entire thin marginal zone commonly abraded and destroyed in preservation, radial zone may be poorly developed and the chamberlets of this zone in the microspheric test may appear almost rectangular in tangential section, most of the interior consists of a somewhat structureless central complex, with only occasional septa and chambers discernable; wall with imperforate epidermis, marginal zone of fine-grained agglutinated particles and more coarsely agglutinated central complex. L. Cretaceous (U. Albian) to U. Cretaceous (U. Cenomanian); France; Spain; Arabia: Qatar Peninsula. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]