Foraminifera name details
Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) microsphaerica Zhang, 1982 †
910988 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:910988)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Schalagintweit and Le Coze (2023), Bidgood, Schlagintweit and Simmons (2024))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Orbitolina (Columnorbitolina) microsphaerica Zhang, 1982 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=910988 on 2026-08-15
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original description
Zhang, B. (1982). Orbitolina (foraminifera) from Xisang. Series of the Scientific Expedition to the Qinghai - Xisang Plateau. <em>Palaeontology of Xisang.</em> 4: 51-80 (in Chinese with English abstract). [details] Available for editors 
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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]
source of synonymy Bidgood, M.; Schlagintweit, F.; Simmons, M. (2024). The genus <i>Orbitolina</i> d'Orbigny, 1850 (larger benthic foraminifera) and its constituent species: Notes on identity and stratigraphic ranges. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae.</em> 20(2): 33-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.35463/j.apr.2024.02.05 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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]
source of synonymy Bidgood, M.; Schlagintweit, F.; Simmons, M. (2024). The genus <i>Orbitolina</i> d'Orbigny, 1850 (larger benthic foraminifera) and its constituent species: Notes on identity and stratigraphic ranges. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae.</em> 20(2): 33-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.35463/j.apr.2024.02.05 [details] Available for editors
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