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Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881)

Bolivina tortuosa
Bolivina tortuosa

112997  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112997)

  1. Biota
  2. Chromista (Kingdom)
  3. Harosa (Subkingdom)
  4. Rhizaria (Infrakingdom)
  5. Foraminifera (Phylum)
  6. Globothalamea (Class)
  7. Rotaliana (Subclass)
  8. Rotaliida (Order)
  9. Bolivinitoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Bolivinitidae (Family)
  11. Bolivinitinae (Subfamily)
  12. Bolivina (Genus)
  13. Bolivina tortuosa (Species)
 unaccepted (Type species of Sigmavirgulina)
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  1. Variety Bolivina tortuosa var. arenacea Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922 accepted as Parvigenerina heronalleni Seiglie, 1964 (Secondary junior homonym of Bifarina porrecta var. arenacea Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922 accepted as Parvigenerina arenacea (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1922) )
  2. Variety Bolivina tortuosa var. atlantica Cushman, 1936 accepted as Sigmavirgulina tortuosa subsp. atlantica (Cushman, 1936) accepted as Sigmavirgulina tortuosa (Brady, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Barker (1960))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bulimina (Bolivina) tortuosa Brady, 1881) Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (2) 21 (81): 31-71., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13808725
page(s): p. 57 (type description), illustrated as Bolivina tortuosa in Brady, 1884 , pl. 52, figs. 31–34. [details] OpenAccess publication
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112997 on 2025-05-11
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gross, Onno
2014-05-07 09:49:09Z
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Hayward, Bruce W.
2017-07-16 08:48:12Z
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Le Coze, François

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Nomenclature

original description (of Bulimina (Bolivina) tortuosa Brady, 1881) Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (2) 21 (81): 31-71., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13808725
page(s): p. 57 (type description), illustrated as Bolivina tortuosa in Brady, 1884 , pl. 52, figs. 31–34. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

new combination reference Brady, H. B. (1884). Report on the Foraminifera dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 9 (part 22): i-xxi, 1-814; pl. 1-115., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-22/htm/doc.html [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (Bermuda) Steinker, D.C. (1980). Nearshore Foraminifera from Bermuda . The Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, 57(4): 129-148 [details] 

 
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