Foraminifera taxon details
Bullopora Quenstedt, 1856 †
526477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:526477)
accepted
Genus
Bullopora rostrata Quenstedt, 1857 † (type by subsequent monotypy)
Arperneroum Rhumbler, 1913 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987
Arplacopsum Rhumbler, 1913 † · unaccepted (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan,...)
Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 err. emend.
Placopsum Rhumbler, 1913 † · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym in...)
Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987)
- Species Bullopora anchisphaerica Kristan-Tollmann, 1964 †
- Species Bullopora auriculata E. F. Ivanova, 1965 †
- Species Bullopora bojarkensis E. F. Ivanova, 1965 †
- Species Bullopora brachypartita Paalzow, 1932 †
- Species Bullopora chapmani (Plummer, 1927) †
- Species Bullopora collarata Kristan-Tollmann, 1964 †
- Species Bullopora compacta Paalzow, 1932 †
- Species Bullopora falcata (Terquem, 1866) †
- Species Bullopora globulata Barnard, 1949 †
- Species Bullopora irregularis (d'Orbigny, 1850)
- Species Bullopora modesta Galloway & Ryniker, 1930 †
- Species Bullopora multicamerata Scheibner, 1968 †
- Species Bullopora negevensis Avnimelech & Reiss, 1954 †
- Species Bullopora neotorica Azbel, 1989 †
- Species Bullopora parasitica Wetzel, 1953 †
- Species Bullopora ramosa Wilson, 1986 †
- Species Bullopora redoakensis Galloway & Harlton, 1928 †
- Species Bullopora resupinata Hohenegger & Lein, 1977 †
- Species Bullopora rostrata Quenstedt, 1857 †
- Species Bullopora siphonata Kristan-Tollmann, 1964 †
- Species Bullopora tuberculata (Sollas, 1877) †
- Species Bullopora vitrivineti Scott, 1974 †
- Species Bullopora vivejae Yakovleva, 1973 †
- Species Bullopora waidelichi Paalzow, 1932 †
- Species Bullopora wapunuckaensis Galloway & Harlton, 1928 †
- Species Bullopora cervicornis (Chapman, 1892) † accepted as Histopomphus cervicornis (Chapman, 1892) †
- Species Bullopora irregularis Lozo, 1944 † accepted as Histopomphus redriverensis (Tappan, 1943) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987) [also secondary junior homonym of Bullopora irregularis (d'Orbigny, 1850)])
- Species Bullopora laevis (Sollas, 1877) † accepted as Vitriwebbina laevis (Sollas, 1877) † (Opinion of Chapman (1892, 1896), Neagu (2016))
- Species Bullopora rugosa Paalzow, 1932 † accepted as Bullopora tuberculata (Sollas, 1877) † (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Septfontaine (1977))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Quenstedt, F. A. (1856–1857). Der Jura. <em>Laupp: Tübingen.</em> Laupp & Siebeck, Tübingen; pp. 1–208, pl. 1–24 (July 1856), pp. 209–368, pl. 25–48, 1 Übersichtstafel des Lias (December 1856), pp. 369–576, pl. 49–72, 1 Übersichtstafel des Braunen Jura (April 1857), pp. i–vi + 577–842, pl. 73–100, 1 Übersichtstafel des Weißen Jura (October 1857)., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=Tv8TAAAAQAAJ
page(s): p. 292 [details]
page(s): p. 292 [details]
Diagnosis Test attached, consisting of a series of hemispherical chambers of circular to ovate outline, early chambers closely...
Diagnosis Test attached, consisting of a series of hemispherical chambers of circular to ovate outline, early chambers closely adjacent, later chambers may be separated by stolonlike necks, chambers of microspheric generation may increase rapidly in size, those of the megalospheric generation of more nearly constant diameter; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth; aperture at the open end of the stoloniferous necks. L. Jurassic (Lias) to U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2021). World Foraminifera Database. Bullopora Quenstedt, 1856 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=526477 on 2025-05-11
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Quenstedt, F. A. (1856–1857). Der Jura. <em>Laupp: Tübingen.</em> Laupp & Siebeck, Tübingen; pp. 1–208, pl. 1–24 (July 1856), pp. 209–368, pl. 25–48, 1 Übersichtstafel des Lias (December 1856), pp. 369–576, pl. 49–72, 1 Übersichtstafel des Braunen Jura (April 1857), pp. i–vi + 577–842, pl. 73–100, 1 Übersichtstafel des Weißen Jura (October 1857)., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=Tv8TAAAAQAAJ
page(s): p. 292 [details]
original description (of Arplacopsum Rhumbler, 1913 †) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278
page(s): p. 445 [details]
original description (of Arperneroum Rhumbler, 1913 †) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278
page(s): p. 444 [details]
original description (of Placopsum Rhumbler, 1913 †) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278
page(s): p. 445 [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 292 [details]
original description (of Arplacopsum Rhumbler, 1913 †) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278
page(s): p. 445 [details]
original description (of Arperneroum Rhumbler, 1913 †) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278
page(s): p. 444 [details]
original description (of Placopsum Rhumbler, 1913 †) Rhumbler, L. (1913). Die Foraminiferen (Talamophoren) der Plankton-Expedition. Zugleich Entwurf eines natürlichen Systems der Foraminiferen auf Grund selektionistischer und mechanisch-physiologischer Faktoren. Zweiter Teil : Systematik. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> Bd.3 L.c.: 332-476., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2124278
page(s): p. 445 [details]
additional source Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp., available online at https://books.google.pt/books?id=n_BqCQAAQBAJ [details] Available for editors





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Diagnosis Test attached, consisting of a series of hemispherical chambers of circular to ovate outline, early chambers closely adjacent, later chambers may be separated by stolonlike necks, chambers of microspheric generation may increase rapidly in size, those of the megalospheric generation of more nearly constant diameter; wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth; aperture at the open end of the stoloniferous necks. L. Jurassic (Lias) to U. Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); cosmopolitan. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]