Foraminifera name details
Orbitolina birmanica Sahni, 1937 †
896898 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:896898)
unaccepted (Opinion of Schlagintweit and Wilmsen (2014))
Species
- Variety Orbitolina birmanica var. kutaungensis Sahni & Sastri, 1957 † accepted as Mesorbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849) † (Probable junior synonym (from fig. 1-Holotype; fig. 2-3 not conclusive) Opinion of Schlagintweit (2020) pers. com. See also Bidgood et al. (2024))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sahni, M.R., 1937. Discovery of Orbitolina-bearing rocks in Burma, with a description of Orbitolina birmanica sp. nov. Records of the Geological Survey of India 71 (4), 360-375.
page(s): p. 365-369, pl. 29, figs. 1-7, pl. 30, figs. 1-19 [details]
page(s): p. 365-369, pl. 29, figs. 1-7, pl. 30, figs. 1-19 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Orbitolina birmanica Sahni, 1937 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera.../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=896898 on 2026-09-11
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Sahni, M.R., 1937. Discovery of Orbitolina-bearing rocks in Burma, with a description of Orbitolina birmanica sp. nov. Records of the Geological Survey of India 71 (4), 360-375.
page(s): p. 365-369, pl. 29, figs. 1-7, pl. 30, figs. 1-19 [details]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
page(s): p. 365-369, pl. 29, figs. 1-7, pl. 30, figs. 1-19 [details]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]