WoRMS taxon details
Buliminella Cushman, 1911
112277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112277)
accepted
Genus
Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839) (type by original designation)
- Species Buliminella arosaensis van Voorthuysen, 1973
- Species Buliminella arubaensis McCulloch, 1981
- Species Buliminella auricula (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932)
- Species Buliminella borealis Haynes, 1973
- Species Buliminella diversa McCulloch, 1981
- Species Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Species Buliminella galapagosensis Mcculloch, 1977
- Species Buliminella hensoni Lagoe, 1977
- Species Buliminella silviae Bermúdez & Seiglie, 1963
- Species Buliminella apiculata (Chapman, 1907) accepted as Elongobula spicata (Cushman & Parker, 1942) accepted as Floresina spicata (Cushman & Parker, 1942)
- Species Buliminella basicostata Parr, 1950 accepted as Elongobula basicostata (Parr, 1950) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella basicostatiformis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Elongobula basicostatiformis (McCulloch, 1977) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella cochlea Wiesner, 1931 accepted as Elongobula cochlea (Wiesner, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella convoluta (Willamson, 1858) accepted as Bulimina convoluta Williamson, 1858 accepted as Geminospira convoluta (Williamson, 1858)
- 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 superseded combination, Opnion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella hanzawai Asano, 1949 accepted as Robertina hanzawai (Asano, 1949) accepted as Robertinoides charlottensis (Cushman, 1925)
- Species Buliminella latissima Collins, 1958 accepted as Floresina latissima (Collins, 1958) (Opinion of Revets (1990))
- 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)
- Species Buliminella marginata (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Bulimina marginata d'Orbigny, 1826
- Species Buliminella milletti Cushman, 1933 accepted as Elongobula milletti (Cushman, 1933) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella minutissima (Wright, 1902) accepted as Wrightella minutissima (Wright, 1902) (Type species of Wrightella)
- Species Buliminella mississippensis Seiglie, 1970 accepted as Buliminella morgani Andersen, 1961 accepted as Eubuliminella morgani (Andersen, 1961) (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Haman (1982))
- Species Buliminella mississippiensis Seiglie, 1970 accepted as Buliminella mississippensis Seiglie, 1970 accepted as Buliminella morgani Andersen, 1961 accepted as Eubuliminella morgani (Andersen, 1961)
- Species Buliminella morgani Andersen, 1961 accepted as Eubuliminella morgani (Andersen, 1961)
- Species Buliminella parallela Cushman & Parker, 1931 accepted as Elongobula parallela (Cushman & Parker, 1931) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella paralleliformis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Floresina paralleliformis (McCulloch, 1977) (Opinion of Revets, 1990)
- 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))
- Species Buliminella philippinensis McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Floresina philippinensis (McCulloch, 1977)
- Species Buliminella punctata (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902) accepted as Eubuliminella punctata (d'Orbigny in Fornasini, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Buliminella spicata Cushman & Parker, 1942 accepted as Floresina spicata (Cushman & Parker, 1942)
- Species Buliminella spinigera Cushman, 1922 accepted as Elongobula spinigera (Cushman, 1922) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella subcylindrica (Brady, 1881) accepted as Robertina subcylindrica (Brady, 1881)
- Species Buliminella subfusiformis Cushman, 1925 accepted as Eubuliminella subfusiformis (Cushman, 1925) (Opinion of Revets (1993))
- Species Buliminella subteres (Brady, 1881) accepted as Robertina subteres (Brady, 1881)
- Species Buliminella tenuata Cushman, 1927 accepted as Stainforthia exilis subsp. tenuata (Cushman, 1927) accepted as Eubuliminella exilis (Brady, 1884) (Opinion of Inoue (1989))
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] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Buliminella Cushman, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112277 on 2025-07-10
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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]
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]
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]
Other
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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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 [request]
[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
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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]
