MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839)

ERMS taxon details

Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839)

Buliminella elegantissima

AphiaID

113747 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113747)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Buliminella Cushman, 1911

Original name

Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839

Synonymised names

Bulimina elegantissima d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted (Type species of Buliminella)

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Variety Buliminella elegantissima var. hensoni Lagoe, 1977 accepted as Buliminella hensoni Lagoe, 1977

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

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]

Taxonomic citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113747 on 2026-05-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Buliminella elegantissima (d'Orbigny, 1839). Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113747 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gross, Onno

2010-03-26 07:22:27Z

changed

Hayward, Bruce W.

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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]

context source (Deepsea) Murray, J.W. (2006). Ecology and applications of benthic foraminifera. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. 426pp., available online at http://www.cambridge.org/9780521828390 [details] Available for editors

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. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 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

context source (PeRMS) Cardich, J.; Gutiérrez, D.; Romero, D.; Pérez, A.; Quipúzcoa, L.; Marquina, R.; Yupanqui, W.; Solís, J.; Carhuapoma, W.; Sifeddine, A.; Rathburn, A. (2015). Calcareous benthic foraminifera from the upper central Peruvian margin: control of the assemblage by pore water redox and sedimentary organic matter. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 535: 63-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11409 [details]

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 RoR) [details]

additional source Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). Paleopelagos. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. 87-129. [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors