WoRMS taxon details
Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767
- Species Vorticella aequilata Kahl, 1939
- Species Vorticella alba de Fromentel, 1874
- Species Vorticella anabaena Stiller, 1940
- Species Vorticella annulata Gourret & Roeser, 1888
- Species Vorticella anomala Gourret & Roeser, 1886
- Species Vorticella biddulphae Stiller, 1939
- Species Vorticella calciformis Kahl, 1933
- Species Vorticella campanula Ehrenberg, 1831
- Species Vorticella campanulata Sramek-Husek, 1948
- Species Vorticella chydoridicola Sramek-Husek, 1946
- Species Vorticella communis Fromentel, 1874
- Species Vorticella convallaria Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Vorticella cratera Kent, 1881
- Species Vorticella cylindrica Dons, 1915
- Species Vorticella dubia de Fromentel, 1874
- Species Vorticella dudekemi Kahl, 1933
- Species Vorticella elongata Fromentel, 1874
- Species Vorticella fornicata Dons, 1915
- Species Vorticella fromenteli Kahl, 1935
- Species Vorticella fusca Precht, 1935
- Species Vorticella granulata Kahl, 1933
- Species Vorticella hamata Ehrenberg, 1831
- Species Vorticella infusionum Dujardin, 1841
- Species Vorticella jaerae Precht, 1935
- Species Vorticella lima Kahl, 1933
- Species Vorticella longifilum Kent, 1881
- Species Vorticella longitricha Gajewskaja, 1933
- Species Vorticella mayeri Faure-Fremiet, 1920
- Species Vorticella microstoma Ehrenberg, 1830
- Species Vorticella mortensi Dons, 1922
- Species Vorticella nebulifera O.F. Müller, 1786
- Species Vorticella nutans O.F. Müller, 1773
- Species Vorticella obconica Kahl, 1935
- Species Vorticella octava Stokes, 1885
- Species Vorticella ovum Dons, 1917
- Species Vorticella parapulchella Sun, Song, Clamp & Al-Rasheid, 2006
- Species Vorticella patellina O.F. Müller, 1776
- Species Vorticella platysoma Stokes, 1887
- Species Vorticella procumbens de Fromentel, 1874
- Species Vorticella pulchella Sommer, 1951
- Species Vorticella pulchra Kahl, 1933
- Species Vorticella pyriforme Stiller, 1939
- Species Vorticella robusta Dons, 1922
- Species Vorticella striata Dujardin, 1841
- Species Vorticella striatula Dons, 1915
- Species Vorticella subprocumbens Ghosh, 1922
- Species Vorticella telescopica Kent, 1881
- Species Vorticella teninucleata Dons, 1922
- Species Vorticella undulata (Dons, 1918) Kahl, 1935
- Species Vorticella urceolaris Linnaeus, 1767
- Species Vorticella verrucosa Dons, 1915
- Species Vorticella bolteni Linnaeus, 1771 accepted as Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767) (original combination)
- Species Vorticella encrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Umbellula encrinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vorticella longiseta Müller, 1786 accepted as Monommata longiseta (Müller, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Vorticella marina Greeff, 1870 accepted as Pseudovorticella marina (junior synonym)
- Species Vorticella ovifera Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Boltenia ovifera (Linnaeus, 1767) (original combination)
- Species Vorticella punctata Dons, 1918 accepted as Pseudovorticella punctata (Dons, 1918) Warren, 1987 (new combination)
- Species Vorticella subconica [Renier], [1804] (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Vorticella utriculus Stokes, 1885 accepted as Pseudovorticella longa Song, 1997 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:106717
LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:106717 [details]
Xu, K.; Dolan, J. (2025). World Ciliophora Database. Vorticella Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=163573 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
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Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
basis of record Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:106717 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | bell animalcules | [details] |
| German | Glockentierchen | [details] |
| Japanese | ツリガネムシ属 | [details] |
