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Buliminella Cushman, 1911

Buliminella elegantissima
Buliminella elegantissima

112277  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112277)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Globothalamea (Class)
  7. Rotaliana (Subclass)
  8. Rotaliida (Order)
  9. Buliminoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Buliminellidae (Family)
  11. Buliminella (Genus)
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  1. Species Buliminella alabamensis Cushman, 1926 †
  2. Species Buliminella aldrovandii Conato, 1964 †
  3. Species Buliminella angusta Voloshina, 1961 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Buliminella subteres var. angusta Cushman, 1922)
  4. Species Buliminella apenninica Emiliani, 1954 †
  5. Species Buliminella arayensis Bermúdez & Fuenmayor, 1966 †
  6. Species Buliminella arcuata Margerel, 2009 †
  7. Species Buliminella arosaensis van Voorthuysen, 1973
  8. Species Buliminella arubaensis McCulloch, 1981
  9. Species Buliminella aryabhattai Kalia, 1978 †
  10. Species Buliminella auricula (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932)
  11. Species Buliminella biformata Bandy, 1949 †
  12. Species Buliminella borealis Haynes, 1973
  13. Species Buliminella browni Finlay, 1939 †
  14. Species Buliminella bullina Le Calvez, 1950 †
  15. Species Buliminella campanica Dain, 1958 †
  16. Species Buliminella christyi Mallory, 1959 †
  17. Species Buliminella compacta van Voorthuysen, 1969 †
  18. Species Buliminella constrictula Brotzen, 1948 †
  19. Species Buliminella creta Finlay, 1939 †
  20. Species Buliminella cuvillieri Souaya, 1965 †
  21. Species Buliminella diversa McCulloch, 1981
  22. Species Buliminella dominicana Bermúdez, 1949 †
  23. Species Buliminella dubia Barbat & Johnson, 1934 †
  24. Species Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839)
  25. Species Buliminella elongata Jauhri, 1994 †
  26. Species Buliminella faciata Poag, 1966 †
  27. Species Buliminella fusiforma Jennings, 1936 †
  28. Species Buliminella galapagosensis Mcculloch, 1977
  29. Species Buliminella glomerata Cushman & Parker, 1947 †
  30. Species Buliminella guljaeva Venglinsky, 1958 †
  31. Species Buliminella guttiformis Marie, 1941 †
  32. Species Buliminella hensoni Lagoe, 1977
  33. Species Buliminella humilis Kuznetsova & Antonova, 1964 †
  34. Species Buliminella inauris Conato, 1964 †
  35. Species Buliminella isabelleana Camacho, 1954 †
  36. Species Buliminella koenigswaldi Souaya, 1965 †
  37. Species Buliminella lajasensis Pessagno, 1960 †
  38. Species Buliminella lobulata de Klasz & Rérat, 1962 †
  39. Species Buliminella loeblichi Bartenstein & Brand, 1951 †
  40. Species Buliminella longicamerata Bandy, 1949 †
  41. Species Buliminella marylandica Nogan, 1964 †
  42. Species Buliminella microstoma Le Calvez, de Klasz & Brun, 1971 †
  43. Species Buliminella obtusata Cushman, 1929 †
  44. Species Buliminella picaensis Seiglie, 1970 †
  45. Species Buliminella pinguis de Klasz, Le Calvez & Rérat, 1964 †
  46. Species Buliminella procera Huber, 1988 †
  47. Species Buliminella pseudoelegantissima Bertels, 1972 †
  48. Species Buliminella quadrangulata Kacharava, 1982 †
  49. Species Buliminella quadrilobata de Klasz, Magné & Rérat, 1963 †
  50. Species Buliminella rara Pishvanova, 1960 †
  51. Species Buliminella rutledgei Quilty, 1981 †
  52. Species Buliminella sauria Finlay, 1939 †
  53. Species Buliminella sculpturata Keyzer, 1953 †
  54. Species Buliminella septata Keyzer, 1953 †
  55. Species Buliminella silviae Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1963
  56. Species Buliminella westraliensis Parr, 1938 †
  57. Species Buliminella apiculata (Chapman, 1907) accepted as Elongobula spicata (Cushman & Parker, 1942) accepted as Floresina spicata (Cushman & Parker, 1942)
  58. Species Buliminella barbati Cushman & Simonson, 1944 † accepted as Buliminellita barbati (Cushman & Simonson, 1944) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  59. Species Buliminella basicostata Parr, 1950 accepted as Elongobula basicostata (Parr, 1950) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  60. Species Buliminella basicostatiformis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Elongobula basicostatiformis (McCulloch, 1977) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  61. Species Buliminella basispinata Stewart & Stewart, 1930 † accepted as Eubuliminella basispinata (Stewart & Stewart, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  62. Species Buliminella basistriata Cushman & Jarvis, 1929 † accepted as Eubuliminella basistriata (Cushman & Jarvis, 1929) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  63. Species Buliminella bassendorfensis Cushman & Parker, 1937 † accepted as Eubuliminella bassendorfensis (Cushman & Parker, 1937) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  64. Species Buliminella beaumonti Cushman & Renz, 1946 † accepted as Biedafranciszkina beaumonti (Cushman & Renz, 1946) † (Type species of Biedafranciszkina)
  65. Species Buliminella brevior Cushman, 1925 † accepted as Eubuliminella brevior (Cushman, 1925) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  66. Species Buliminella brevispira de Klasz, Magné & Rérat, 1963 † accepted as Parkiella brevispira (de Klasz, Magné & Rérat, 1963) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Seiglie et al. (1993))
  67. Species Buliminella californica Cushman, 1925 † accepted as Eubuliminella californica (Cushman, 1925) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  68. Species Buliminella carseyae Plummer, 1931 † accepted as Praebulimina carseyae (Plummer, 1931) † (Opinion of Tappan (1962), Gawor-Biedowa (1992))
  69. Species Buliminella carseyi Plummer, 1931 † accepted as Buliminella carseyae Plummer, 1931 † accepted as Praebulimina carseyae (Plummer, 1931) † (Species named in honor of Mrs. Dorothy Ogden Carsey)
  70. Species Buliminella carteri Bhatia, 1955 † accepted as Bulimina coprolithoides Andreae, 1884 † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Batjes (1958) and Le Calvez (1966))
  71. Species Buliminella chirana Cushman & Stone, 1947 † accepted as Buliminellita chirana (Cushman & Stone, 1947) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  72. Species Buliminella choctawensis Cushman & Mcglamery, 1938 † accepted as Buliminoides choctawensis (Cushman & Mcglamery, 1938) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Revets (1990))
  73. Species Buliminella cochlea Wiesner, 1931 accepted as Elongobula cochlea (Wiesner, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Revets (1993))
  74. Species Buliminella colonensis Cushman & Hedberg, 1930 † accepted as Sitella colonensis (Cushman & Hedberg, 1930) † (Opinion of Speijer (1994))
  75. Species Buliminella contraria (Reuss, 1851) † accepted as Ceratobulimina contraria (Reuss, 1851) † (Type species of Ceratobulimina)
  76. Species Buliminella conulus (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula pupa (Terquem, 1882) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  77. Species Buliminella convoluta (Willamson, 1858) accepted as Bulimina convoluta Williamson, 1858 accepted as Geminospira convoluta (Williamson, 1858)
  78. Species Buliminella curta Cushman, 1925 † accepted as Eubuliminella curta (Cushman, 1925) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  79. Species Buliminella cushmani Sandidge, 1932 † accepted as Sitella cushmani (Sandidge, 1932) † (Opinion of Speijer (1994))
  80. Species Buliminella ecuadorana Cushman & Stevenson, 1948 † accepted as Eubuliminella ecuadorana (Cushman & Stevenson, 1948) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  81. Species Buliminella elegans (d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865) accepted as Bulimina elegans d'Orbigny in Parker, Jones & Brady, 1865 (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  82. Species Buliminella fabilis Cushman & Parker, 1936 † accepted as Sitella fabillis (Cushman & Parker, 1936) † (Opinion of Speijer (1994))
  83. Species Buliminella flexa (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula pulchra (Terquem, 1882) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  84. Species Buliminella gabonica de Klasz & Rérat, 1962 † accepted as Parkiella gabonica (de Klasz & Rérat, 1962) † (Type species of Parkiella)
  85. Species Buliminella gracilis Collins, 1953 † accepted as Elongobula gracilis (Collins, 1953) † (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  86. Species Buliminella gracilis Vasilenko, 1961 † accepted as Praebulimina carseyae (Plummer, 1931) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Gawor-Biedowa (1992) [also Primary junior homonym of Buliminella gracilis Collins, 1953])
  87. Species Buliminella grata Parker & Bermúdez, 1937 † accepted as Elongobula grata (Parker & Bermúdez, 1937) † (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  88. Species Buliminella gutsulica Livental, 1953 † accepted as Caucasina gutsulica (Livental, 1953) † (Opinion of Bugrova (2012))
  89. Species Buliminella hanzawai Asano, 1949 accepted as Robertina hanzawai (Asano, 1949) accepted as Robertinoides charlottensis (Cushman, 1925)
  90. Species Buliminella henryana Cushman & Kleinpell, 1934 † accepted as Eubuliminella californica (Cushman, 1925) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opnion of Revets (1993))
  91. Species Buliminella hofkeri Brotzen, 1936 † accepted as Buliminella carseyae Plummer, 1931 † accepted as Praebulimina carseyae (Plummer, 1931) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Cushman and Parker (1947))
  92. Species Buliminella imbricata (Reuss, 1851) † accepted as Praebulimina imbricata (Reuss, 1851) † accepted as Praeglobobulimina imbricata (Reuss, 1851) †
  93. Species Buliminella intorta (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula pulchra (Terquem, 1882) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  94. Species Buliminella irregularis (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Bulimina irregularis Terquem, 1882 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  95. Species Buliminella laevis (Beissel, 1891) † accepted as Sitella laevis (Beissel, 1891) †
  96. Species Buliminella latissima Collins, 1958 accepted as Floresina latissima (Collins, 1958) (Opinion of Revets (1990))
  97. Species Buliminella madagascariensis (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1908) accepted as Floresina madagascariensis (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1908) accepted as Elongobula madagascariensis (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1908)
  98. Species Buliminella mamelligera de Klasz & Rérat, 1962 † accepted as Parkiella mamelligera (de Klasz & Rérat, 1962) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Seiglie et al. (1993))
  99. Species Buliminella marginata (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny, 1826
  100. Species Buliminella milletti Cushman, 1933 accepted as Elongobula milletti (Cushman, 1933) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  101. Species Buliminella minutissima (Wright, 1902) accepted as Wrightella minutissima (Wright, 1902) (Type species of Wrightella)
  102. Species Buliminella missilis Vella, 1963 † accepted as Elongobula missilis (Vella, 1963) † (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  103. Species Buliminella mississippensis Seiglie, 1970 accepted as Buliminella morgani Andersen, 1961 accepted as Eubuliminella morgani (Andersen, 1961) (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Haman (1982))
  104. Species Buliminella mississippiensis Seiglie, 1970 accepted as Buliminella mississippensis Seiglie, 1970 accepted as Buliminella morgani Andersen, 1961 accepted as Eubuliminella morgani (Andersen, 1961)
  105. Species Buliminella morgani Andersen, 1961 accepted as Eubuliminella morgani (Andersen, 1961)
  106. Species Buliminella multicamera Cushman & Parker, 1938 † accepted as Floresina multicamera (Cushman & Parker, 1938) † accepted as Elongobula multicamera (Cushman & Parker, 1938) † (Opinion of Cicha et al. (1998) [Floresina?])
  107. Species Buliminella obtusa (d'Orbigny, 1840) † accepted as Praebulimina obtusa (d'Orbigny, 1840) † (Opinion of Gawor-Biedowa (1992))
  108. Species Buliminella ovula (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula lecalvezae Revets, 1993 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of B. ovula d'Orbigny, 1939)
  109. Species Buliminella ovulum (Reuss, 1844) † accepted as Praebulimina ovulum (Reuss, 1844) † accepted as Praebulimina reussi (Morrow, 1934) † (Type species of Praebulimina)
  110. Species Buliminella parallela Cushman & Parker, 1931 accepted as Elongobula parallela (Cushman & Parker, 1931) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  111. Species Buliminella paralleliformis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Floresina paralleliformis (McCulloch, 1977) (Opinion of Revets, 1990)
  112. Species Buliminella parallelliformis Mcculloch, 1977 accepted as Buliminella paralleliformis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Floresina paralleliformis (McCulloch, 1977) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, Opinion of Revets (1990))
  113. Species Buliminella parvula Brotzen, 1948 † accepted as Praebulimina parvula (Brotzen, 1948) † (Opinion of Gawor-Biedowa (1992))
  114. Species Buliminella peruviana Cushman & Stone, 1947 † accepted as Eubuliminella peruviana (Cushman & Stone, 1947) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  115. Species Buliminella philippinensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Floresina philippinensis (McCulloch, 1977)
  116. Species Buliminella pulchra (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula pulchra (Terquem, 1882) † (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  117. Species Buliminella pulchra Subbotina, 1953 † accepted as Eubuliminella jakovlevae Revets, 1993 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, Primary junior homonym of Buliminella pulchra Tolmachoff, 1934)
  118. Species Buliminella pulchra Tolmachoff, 1934 † accepted as Buliminella glomerata Cushman & Parker, 1947 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, Nomen novum in Cushman and Parker (1947) Secondary junior homonym of B. "Bulimina" pulchra (Terquem, 1882))
  119. Species Buliminella punctata (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902) accepted as Eubuliminella punctata (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  120. Species Buliminella pupa (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula pupa (Terquem, 1882) †
  121. Species Buliminella pusilla (Brotzen, 1936) † accepted as Praebulimina pusilla (Brotzen, 1936) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  122. Species Buliminella robertsi (Howe & Ellis, 1939) † accepted as Turrilina robertsi (Howe & Ellis, 1939) † (Opinion of Tod and Kniker (1952), Revets (1987))
  123. Species Buliminella semihispida Kleinpell, 1938 † accepted as Eubuliminella semihispida (Kleinpell, 1938)  † (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
  124. Species Buliminella seminuda (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula seminuda (Terquem, 1882) † (Opinion of Revets (1993) [Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Le Calvez (1950) of B. turbinata Terquem, 1882])
  125. Species Buliminella spicata Cushman & Parker, 1942 accepted as Floresina spicata (Cushman & Parker, 1942)
  126. Species Buliminella spinigera Cushman, 1922 accepted as Elongobula spinigera (Cushman, 1922) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  127. Species Buliminella striatopunctata (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula pupa (Terquem, 1882) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Cushman and Parker (1947), Revets (1993))
  128. Species Buliminella subcylindrica (Brady, 1881) accepted as Robertina subcylindrica (Brady, 1881)
  129. Species Buliminella subfusiformis Cushman, 1925 accepted as Eubuliminella subfusiformis (Cushman, 1925) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  130. Species Buliminella subteres (Brady, 1881) accepted as Robertina subteres (Brady, 1881)
  131. Species Buliminella tenuata Cushman, 1927 accepted as Stainforthia exilis subsp. tenuata (Cushman, 1927) accepted as Eubuliminella exilis (Brady, 1884) (Opinion of Inoue (1989))
  132. Species Buliminella turbinata (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula turbinata (Terquem, 1882) † (Opinion of Revets (1993))
  133. Species Buliminella vitrea Cushman & Parker, 1936 † accepted as Aeolostreptis vitrea (Cushman & Parker, 1936) † (Type species of Aeolostreptis)
  134. Species Buliminella waiparaensis Hornibrook, 1958 † accepted as Tritubulogenerina waiparaensis (Hornibrook, 1958) † (Opinion of Revets (1993))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cushman, J. A. (1911). A monograph of the Foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean. Part II. Textulariidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 71(2): 1-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7878502 [details] OpenAccess publication
Diagnosis Test elongate, a high trochospiral coil of only two to three whorls of numerous very broad low chambers, intercameral...  
Diagnosis Test elongate, a high trochospiral coil of only two to three whorls of numerous very broad low chambers, intercameral sutures slightly curved, perpendicular to the spiral suture and almost paralleling the long axis of the test, slightly depressed; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface smooth, rarely striate; aperture a loop in the depressed face of the final chamber, broadest at the upper end, with high and denticulate rim, simple and ridgelike internal toothplate connecting the aperture to the previous foramen. M. Eocene (Lutetian) to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Buliminella Cushman, 1911. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112277 on 2025-07-18
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.

original description Cushman, J. A. (1911). A monograph of the Foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean. Part II. Textulariidae. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 71(2): 1-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7878502 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Diagnosis Test elongate, a high trochospiral coil of only two to three whorls of numerous very broad low chambers, intercameral sutures slightly curved, perpendicular to the spiral suture and almost paralleling the long axis of the test, slightly depressed; wall calcareous, optically radial, perforate, surface smooth, rarely striate; aperture a loop in the depressed face of the final chamber, broadest at the upper end, with high and denticulate rim, simple and ridgelike internal toothplate connecting the aperture to the previous foramen. M. Eocene (Lutetian) to Holocene; cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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