WoRMS taxon details
Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839)
113747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113747)
accepted
Species
Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted (Type species of Buliminella)
- Variety Buliminella elegantissima var. limbosa Cushman & McCulloch, 1948
- Variety Buliminella elegantissima var. tenuis Cushman & McCulloch, 1948
- Variety Buliminella elegantissima var. cochlea Wiesner, 1931 accepted as Buliminella cochlea Wiesner, 1931 accepted as Elongobula cochlea (Wiesner, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Parr (1950))
- Variety Buliminella elegantissima var. compressa (Millett, 1900) accepted as Floresina durrandi Revets, 1990
- Variety Buliminella elegantissima var. hensoni Lagoe, 1977 accepted as Buliminella hensoni Lagoe, 1977
- Variety Buliminella elegantissima var. seminuda (Terquem, 1882) accepted as Buliminella seminuda (Terquem, 1882) † accepted as Elongobula seminuda (Terquem, 1882) †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366
page(s): p. 51, pl. 7, Figs. 13–14 [details]
page(s): p. 51, pl. 7, Figs. 13–14 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113747 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46823366
page(s): p. 51, pl. 7, Figs. 13–14 [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]
page(s): p. 51, pl. 7, Figs. 13–14 [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
context source (Deepsea)
Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. <em>Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.</em> 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (WoRCS) Romano, E.; Bergamin, L.; Di Bella, L.; Frezza, V.; Marassich, A.; Pierfranceschi, G.; Provenzani, C. (2020). Benthic foraminifera as proxies of marine influence in the Orosei marine caves, Sardinia, Italy. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 30: 701–716., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3288 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). <em>Paleopelagos.</em> 5: 201-214. [details]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]context source (WoRCS) Romano, E.; Bergamin, L.; Di Bella, L.; Frezza, V.; Marassich, A.; Pierfranceschi, G.; Provenzani, C. (2020). Benthic foraminifera as proxies of marine influence in the Orosei marine caves, Sardinia, Italy. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 30: 701–716., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3288 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Javaux, E. J. J. M. (1999). Benthic foraminifera from the modern sediments of Bermuda Implications for Holocene sea-level Studies. Ph.D. dissertation - Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1-387, available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75105 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). <em>Paleopelagos.</em> 5: 201-214. [details]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Archivio di Studi Adriatici
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Buliminella elegantissima)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Bulimina elegantissima Orbigny, 1839; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9143310) (from synonym Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839)
To PESI (from synonym Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (78 publications) (from synonym Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Buliminella elegantissima)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Bulimina elegantissima Orbigny, 1839; NHMUK:ecatalogue:9143310) (from synonym Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839)
To PESI (from synonym Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839)
To PESI
To ITIS
