WoRMS taxon details
Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826
113634 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113634)
accepted
Species
Asterodiscus forskalii Ehrenberg, 1839 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Cushman (1944), Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
Planorbulina caribbeana Hofker, 1976 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym in...)
subjective junior synonym in opinion of Le Calvez, 1977
Planorbulina vulgaris d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted
Spirobotrys aegaea Ehrenberg, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Junior subjective synonym Opinion...)
Junior subjective synonym Opinion of Cushman (1944)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 280 n° 2 Model n° 79, pl. 14 fig. 4-6 [details]
page(s): p. 280 n° 2 Model n° 79, pl. 14 fig. 4-6 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113634 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): p. 280 n° 2 Model n° 79, pl. 14 fig. 4-6 [details]
original description (of Asterodiscus forskalii Ehrenberg, 1839) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621 [details]
original description (of Spirobotrys aegaea Ehrenberg, 1844) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Über Spirobotrys, eine neue physiologisch merkwürdige Gattung von Polythalamien, und legte Präparate und Zeichnungen davon vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 245-248, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11052945 [details]
original description (of Planorbulina caribbeana Hofker, 1976) Hofker, J. (1976). Further studies on Caribbean foraminifera. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 49: 1-256., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506198
page(s): p. 140 fig. 133 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Planorbulina vulgaris d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 85 pl. 6 fig. 11-15 [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. 280 n° 2 Model n° 79, pl. 14 fig. 4-6 [details]
original description (of Asterodiscus forskalii Ehrenberg, 1839) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1839). Die Bildung der europäischen, libyschen und arabischen Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels aus mikroskopischen Organismen. 1-91, pls. 1-4. Druckerei der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin., available online at https://docnum.unistra.fr/digital/collection/coll13/id/102621 [details]
original description (of Spirobotrys aegaea Ehrenberg, 1844) Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Über Spirobotrys, eine neue physiologisch merkwürdige Gattung von Polythalamien, und legte Präparate und Zeichnungen davon vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 245-248, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11052945 [details]
original description (of Planorbulina caribbeana Hofker, 1976) Hofker, J. (1976). Further studies on Caribbean foraminifera. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 49: 1-256., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/506198
page(s): p. 140 fig. 133 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Planorbulina vulgaris d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Foraminifères, in de la Sagra R., Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'ile de Cuba. <em>A. Bertrand.</em> 1-224., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=KpVeAAAAcAAJ&pg
page(s): p. 85 pl. 6 fig. 11-15 [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 (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]
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]
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]
[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]
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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Ecology Epifaunal, attached mobile. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Planorbulina vulgaris d'Orbigny, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Planorbulina mediterranensis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Planorbulina mediterranensis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
