Foraminifera taxon details
Orbitolites Lamarck, 1801 †
582373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:582373)
accepted
Genus
Discolites Montfort, 1808 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Discolithus Fortis, 1802 † · unaccepted (Objectif junior synonym...)
Objectif junior synonym Subsequent type designation Kjellesvig-Waering (1963)
Orbitulites Roemer, 1849 † · unaccepted (err. emend.)
Species Orbitolites angulata Catullo, 1857 †
Species Orbitolites annulatus Hofker, 1952 †
Species Orbitolites armoricensis Lehmann, 1961 †
Species Orbitolites bellatulus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites bellus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites biplanus Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites carpenteri Smout, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites cassianicus Schauroth, 1855 †
Species Orbitolites chartacea Des Moulins, 1864 †
Species Orbitolites circumvulvata Gümbel, 1872 †
Species Orbitolites complanatus Lamarck, 1801 †
Species Orbitolites concavus Lamarck, 1801 †
Species Orbitolites convexoconvexa Catullo, 1857 †
Species Orbitolites coscinodiscus Wood, 1844 †
Species Orbitolites cotentinensis Lehmann, 1961 †
Species Orbitolites crassipora Hofker, 1952 †
Species Orbitolites disciformis Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites discoidea Lea, 1833 †
Species Orbitolites disculus Leymerie, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites elliptica Michelin, 1846 †
Species Orbitolites gracilis Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites ibericus Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites incrassatus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites inflatus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites interstitia Lea, 1833 †
Species Orbitolites laciniatus Brady, 1881 †
Species Orbitolites langhiana Trabucco, 1900 †
Species Orbitolites latimarginalis Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites lehmanni Montanari, 1964 †
Species Orbitolites leptotestaceus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites longjiangicus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites mamillaris Leymerie, 1878 †
Species Orbitolites mammillaris Savi & Meneghini, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites mammillata d'Archiac, 1837 †
Species Orbitolites marginata Savi & Meneghini, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites martini Verbeek, 1896 †
Species Orbitolites megasphaericus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites minimus (Henson, 1950) †
Species Orbitolites minutus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites nummuliformis Catullo, 1857 †
Species Orbitolites oregonensis Palmer, 1923 †
Species Orbitolites papillosa Savi & Meneghini, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites papyracea d'Archiac, 1850 †
Species Orbitolites parmula Rütimeyer, 1850 †
Species Orbitolites pharaonum Schwager, 1883 †
Species Orbitolites plana d'Archiac, 1837 †
Species Orbitolites reicheli Lehmann, 1961 †
Species Orbitolites roncana Catullo, 1857 †
Species Orbitolites secans Leymerie, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites supera Conrad, 1865 †
Species Orbitolites tingriensis Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites tonga Williamson, 1856 †
Subgenus Orbitolites (Amphisorus) Smout, 1963 accepted as Amphisorus Ehrenberg, 1839 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 nomen translatum)
Subgenus Orbitolites (Marginopora) Yabe & Hanzawa, 1929 accepted as Marginopora Quoy & Gaimard in Blainville, 1830 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Subgenus Orbitolites (Praesorites) Hofker, 1952 † accepted as Broeckina Munier-Chalmas, 1882 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Subgenus Orbitolites (Sorites) Yabe & Hanzawa, 1929 accepted as Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839 (In opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987) nomen translatum)
Species Orbitolites adunca (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Orbiculina adunca (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Archaias angulatus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Species Orbitolites americana Cushman, 1918 † accepted as Miosorites americanus (Cushman, 1918) † (Type species of Miosorites)
Species Orbitolites apertus Erman, 1854 † accepted as Mesorbitolina aperta (Erman, 1854) † (Opinion of Cherchi and Schroeder (2010))
Species Orbitolites bulgarica Boué, 1840 † accepted as Orbitolina bulgarica (Boué, 1840) † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † (Opinion of Dietrich (1925))
Species Orbitolites complanata Lamarck, 1801 † accepted as Orbitolites complanatus Lamarck, 1801 † (Genus is masculine)
Species Orbitolites concava Lamarck, 1801 † accepted as Orbitolites concavus Lamarck, 1801 † (Genus is masculine. Not Orbulites concava Lamarck, 1816 = Orbitolina concava (type species of Orbitolina))
Species Orbitolites conica d'Archiac, 1837 † accepted as Conicorbitolina conica (d'Archiac, 1837) † (Type species of Conicorbitolina)
Species Orbitolites discus Rütimeyer, 1850 † accepted as Orthophragmina (Discocyclina) discus (Rütimeyer, 1850) † accepted as Orthophragmina discus (Rütimeyer, 1850) † accepted as Discocyclina discus (Rütimeyer, 1850) †
Species Orbitolites duplex Carpenter, 1883 accepted as Sorites duplex (Carpenter, 1883)
Species Orbitolites fortisii d'Archiac, 1850 † accepted as Discocyclina fortisii (d'Archiac, 1850) † (Opinion of Douvillé (1923))
Species Orbitolites furcata Rütimeyer, 1850 † accepted as Orbitoclypeus furcatus (Rütimeyer, 1850) † (Opinion of Less and Kovács (2009))
Species Orbitolites gensacica Leymerie, 1851 † accepted as Simplorbites gensacicus (Leymerie, 1851) † accepted as Orbitoides gensacicus (Leymerie, 1851) † accepted as Nummulites papyracea Boubée, 1832 † accepted as Orbitoides papyracea (Boubée, 1832) † accepted as Simplorbites papyraceus (Boubée, 1832) †
Species Orbitolites malabarica Carter, 1853 † accepted as Pseudotaberina malabarica (Carter, 1853) † (Type species of Pseudotaberina)
Species Orbitolites mantelli (Morton, 1833) † accepted as Orbitoides mantelli (Morton, 1833) † accepted as Lepidocyclina mantelli (Morton, 1833) †
Species Orbitolites marginalis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Sorites marginalis (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Orbitolites media d'Archiac, 1837 † accepted as Orbitoides media (d'Archiac, 1837) † accepted as Orbitoides faujasii (Defrance, 1823) †
Species Orbitolites praecursor Gümbel, 1872 † accepted as Orbitopsella praecursor (Gümbel, 1872) † (Type species of Orbitopsella)
Species Orbitolites prattii Michelin, 1846 † accepted as Discocyclina prattii (Michelin, 1846) † (Type species of Discocyclina )
Species Orbitolites radians d'Archiac, 1850 † accepted as Orbitoides (Actinocyclina) radians (d'Archiac, 1850) † accepted as Actinocyclina radians (d'Archiac, 1850) † accepted as Discocyclina radians (d'Archiac, 1850) † (Type species of Actinocyclina)
Species Orbitolites sella d'Archiac, 1850 † accepted as Discocyclina sella (d'Archiac, 1850) †
Species Orbitolites shirazensis Rahaghi, 1983 † accepted as Mardinella shirazensis (Rahaghi, 1983) † accepted as Mardinella daviesi (Henson, 1950) † (Type species of Mardinella)
Species Orbitolites socialis Leymerie, 1851 † accepted as Lepidorbitoides socialis (Leymerie, 1851) † (Type species of Lepidorbitoides)
Species Orbitolites stellaris Brunner Ms. in Rütimeyer, 1850 † accepted as Asterocyclina stellata subsp. stellaris (Brunner Ms. in Rütimeyer, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Özcan et al. (2022))
Species Orbitolites submedia d'Archiac, 1846 † accepted as Discocyclina submedia (d'Archiac, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Schweighauser (1953))
Species Orbitolites tenuissimus Carpenter, 1870 accepted as Discospirina tenuissima (Carpenter, 1870) accepted as Discospirina italica (Costa, 1856) (Type species of Discospirina)
Species Orbitolites vertebralis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) accepted as Marginopora vertebralis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Species Orbitolites crassa Fischer, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Recent species described in a fossil genus, not figured, depository not given)
Species Orbitolites annulatus Hofker, 1952 †
Species Orbitolites armoricensis Lehmann, 1961 †
Species Orbitolites bellatulus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites bellus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites biplanus Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites carpenteri Smout, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites cassianicus Schauroth, 1855 †
Species Orbitolites chartacea Des Moulins, 1864 †
Species Orbitolites circumvulvata Gümbel, 1872 †
Species Orbitolites complanatus Lamarck, 1801 †
Species Orbitolites concavus Lamarck, 1801 †
Species Orbitolites convexoconvexa Catullo, 1857 †
Species Orbitolites coscinodiscus Wood, 1844 †
Species Orbitolites cotentinensis Lehmann, 1961 †
Species Orbitolites crassipora Hofker, 1952 †
Species Orbitolites disciformis Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites discoidea Lea, 1833 †
Species Orbitolites disculus Leymerie, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites elliptica Michelin, 1846 †
Species Orbitolites gracilis Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites ibericus Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites incrassatus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites inflatus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites interstitia Lea, 1833 †
Species Orbitolites laciniatus Brady, 1881 †
Species Orbitolites langhiana Trabucco, 1900 †
Species Orbitolites latimarginalis Lehmann, 1963 †
Species Orbitolites lehmanni Montanari, 1964 †
Species Orbitolites leptotestaceus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites longjiangicus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites mamillaris Leymerie, 1878 †
Species Orbitolites mammillaris Savi & Meneghini, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites mammillata d'Archiac, 1837 †
Species Orbitolites marginata Savi & Meneghini, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites martini Verbeek, 1896 †
Species Orbitolites megasphaericus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites minimus (Henson, 1950) †
Species Orbitolites minutus Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites nummuliformis Catullo, 1857 †
Species Orbitolites oregonensis Palmer, 1923 †
Species Orbitolites papillosa Savi & Meneghini, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites papyracea d'Archiac, 1850 †
Species Orbitolites parmula Rütimeyer, 1850 †
Species Orbitolites pharaonum Schwager, 1883 †
Species Orbitolites plana d'Archiac, 1837 †
Species Orbitolites reicheli Lehmann, 1961 †
Species Orbitolites roncana Catullo, 1857 †
Species Orbitolites secans Leymerie, 1851 †
Species Orbitolites supera Conrad, 1865 †
Species Orbitolites tingriensis Zhang, 1988 †
Species Orbitolites tonga Williamson, 1856 †
Subgenus Orbitolites (Amphisorus) Smout, 1963 accepted as Amphisorus Ehrenberg, 1839 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 nomen translatum)
Subgenus Orbitolites (Marginopora) Yabe & Hanzawa, 1929 accepted as Marginopora Quoy & Gaimard in Blainville, 1830 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Subgenus Orbitolites (Praesorites) Hofker, 1952 † accepted as Broeckina Munier-Chalmas, 1882 † (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
Subgenus Orbitolites (Sorites) Yabe & Hanzawa, 1929 accepted as Sorites Ehrenberg, 1839 (In opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987) nomen translatum)
Species Orbitolites adunca (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Orbiculina adunca (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) accepted as Archaias angulatus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
Species Orbitolites americana Cushman, 1918 † accepted as Miosorites americanus (Cushman, 1918) † (Type species of Miosorites)
Species Orbitolites apertus Erman, 1854 † accepted as Mesorbitolina aperta (Erman, 1854) † (Opinion of Cherchi and Schroeder (2010))
Species Orbitolites bulgarica Boué, 1840 † accepted as Orbitolina bulgarica (Boué, 1840) † accepted as Palorbitolina lenticularis (Blumenbach, 1805) † (Opinion of Dietrich (1925))
Species Orbitolites complanata Lamarck, 1801 † accepted as Orbitolites complanatus Lamarck, 1801 † (Genus is masculine)
Species Orbitolites concava Lamarck, 1801 † accepted as Orbitolites concavus Lamarck, 1801 † (Genus is masculine. Not Orbulites concava Lamarck, 1816 = Orbitolina concava (type species of Orbitolina))
Species Orbitolites conica d'Archiac, 1837 † accepted as Conicorbitolina conica (d'Archiac, 1837) † (Type species of Conicorbitolina)
Species Orbitolites discus Rütimeyer, 1850 † accepted as Orthophragmina (Discocyclina) discus (Rütimeyer, 1850) † accepted as Orthophragmina discus (Rütimeyer, 1850) † accepted as Discocyclina discus (Rütimeyer, 1850) †
Species Orbitolites duplex Carpenter, 1883 accepted as Sorites duplex (Carpenter, 1883)
Species Orbitolites fortisii d'Archiac, 1850 † accepted as Discocyclina fortisii (d'Archiac, 1850) † (Opinion of Douvillé (1923))
Species Orbitolites furcata Rütimeyer, 1850 † accepted as Orbitoclypeus furcatus (Rütimeyer, 1850) † (Opinion of Less and Kovács (2009))
Species Orbitolites gensacica Leymerie, 1851 † accepted as Simplorbites gensacicus (Leymerie, 1851) † accepted as Orbitoides gensacicus (Leymerie, 1851) † accepted as Nummulites papyracea Boubée, 1832 † accepted as Orbitoides papyracea (Boubée, 1832) † accepted as Simplorbites papyraceus (Boubée, 1832) †
Species Orbitolites malabarica Carter, 1853 † accepted as Pseudotaberina malabarica (Carter, 1853) † (Type species of Pseudotaberina)
Species Orbitolites mantelli (Morton, 1833) † accepted as Orbitoides mantelli (Morton, 1833) † accepted as Lepidocyclina mantelli (Morton, 1833) †
Species Orbitolites marginalis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Sorites marginalis (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Orbitolites media d'Archiac, 1837 † accepted as Orbitoides media (d'Archiac, 1837) † accepted as Orbitoides faujasii (Defrance, 1823) †
Species Orbitolites praecursor Gümbel, 1872 † accepted as Orbitopsella praecursor (Gümbel, 1872) † (Type species of Orbitopsella)
Species Orbitolites prattii Michelin, 1846 † accepted as Discocyclina prattii (Michelin, 1846) † (Type species of Discocyclina )
Species Orbitolites radians d'Archiac, 1850 † accepted as Orbitoides (Actinocyclina) radians (d'Archiac, 1850) † accepted as Actinocyclina radians (d'Archiac, 1850) † accepted as Discocyclina radians (d'Archiac, 1850) † (Type species of Actinocyclina)
Species Orbitolites sella d'Archiac, 1850 † accepted as Discocyclina sella (d'Archiac, 1850) †
Species Orbitolites shirazensis Rahaghi, 1983 † accepted as Mardinella shirazensis (Rahaghi, 1983) † accepted as Mardinella daviesi (Henson, 1950) † (Type species of Mardinella)
Species Orbitolites socialis Leymerie, 1851 † accepted as Lepidorbitoides socialis (Leymerie, 1851) † (Type species of Lepidorbitoides)
Species Orbitolites stellaris Brunner Ms. in Rütimeyer, 1850 † accepted as Asterocyclina stellata subsp. stellaris (Brunner Ms. in Rütimeyer, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Özcan et al. (2022))
Species Orbitolites submedia d'Archiac, 1846 † accepted as Discocyclina submedia (d'Archiac, 1846) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Schweighauser (1953))
Species Orbitolites tenuissimus Carpenter, 1870 accepted as Discospirina tenuissima (Carpenter, 1870) accepted as Discospirina italica (Costa, 1856) (Type species of Discospirina)
Species Orbitolites vertebralis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) accepted as Marginopora vertebralis Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Species Orbitolites crassa Fischer, 1871 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, Recent species described in a fossil genus, not figured, depository not given)
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Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): p. 376 [details]
page(s): p. 376 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Orbitolites Lamarck, 1801 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582373 on 2023-03-21
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Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): p. 376 [details]
original description (of Discolites 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. 186 [details]
original description (of Orbitulites Roemer, 1849 †) Roemer, C. F. (1849). Texas. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung geschildert von Dr. Ferdinand Roemer. Adolph Marcus, Bonn, 464 pp., available online at https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth202844/m1/1/
page(s): p. 392 [details]
original description (of Discolithus Fortis, 1802 †) Fortis, A. (1802). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle de l'Italie et des pays adjacent. 2: 1-362., available online at https://books.google.pt/books/about/Mémoires_pour_servir_à_l_histoire_natu.html?hl=nl&id=iAMOAAAAQAAJ
page(s): p. 97 [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
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page(s): p. 376 [details]
original description (of Discolites 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. 186 [details]
original description (of Orbitulites Roemer, 1849 †) Roemer, C. F. (1849). Texas. Mit besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener Beobachtung geschildert von Dr. Ferdinand Roemer. Adolph Marcus, Bonn, 464 pp., available online at https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth202844/m1/1/
page(s): p. 392 [details]
original description (of Discolithus Fortis, 1802 †) Fortis, A. (1802). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle de l'Italie et des pays adjacent. 2: 1-362., available online at https://books.google.pt/books/about/Mémoires_pour_servir_à_l_histoire_natu.html?hl=nl&id=iAMOAAAAQAAJ
page(s): p. 97 [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
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