Foraminifera taxon details
Bolivina gladius Garrett, 1942 †
904372 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:904372)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Garrett, J. (1942). Some Miocene Foraminifera from Subsurface Strata of Coastal Texas. Journal of Paleontology, 16(4), 461-463. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype HVH 2406, Miocene; “Stanolind Oil and Gas Company wells in the High Island field, Galveston County, Texas. This...
Holotype HVH 2406, Miocene; “Stanolind Oil and Gas Company wells in the High Island field, Galveston County, Texas. This field is located near the eastern end of Bolivar Peninsula, in the most eastern extremity of Galveston County, and lies almost in the Gulf of Mexico”; specimen “from no. A-15 Smith, core at 6,169–6,175 feet.” Figured: pl. 70, figs. 8a, 8b. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivina gladius Garrett, 1942 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=904372 on 2025-09-18
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Garrett, J. (1942). Some Miocene Foraminifera from Subsurface Strata of Coastal Texas. Journal of Paleontology, 16(4), 461-463. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
additional source Smith, L. E.; Sen Gupta, B. K. (2021). Henry V. Howe and his collection of Foraminifera at Louisiana State University. <em>Occasional Papers of the LSU Museum of Natural Science.</em> 91: 1-80., available online at https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mnspapers/files/2021/04/Occasional-Paper-91.pdf
note: Holotype, paratype or syntype [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]basis of record Ellis, B. F.; Messina, A. R. (1940-2015). Catalogue of Foraminifera. <em>Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York.</em> [details]
additional source Smith, L. E.; Sen Gupta, B. K. (2021). Henry V. Howe and his collection of Foraminifera at Louisiana State University. <em>Occasional Papers of the LSU Museum of Natural Science.</em> 91: 1-80., available online at https://sites01.lsu.edu/wp/mnspapers/files/2021/04/Occasional-Paper-91.pdf
note: Holotype, paratype or syntype [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Holotype HVH 2406, Miocene; “Stanolind Oil and Gas Company wells in the High Island field, Galveston County, Texas. This field is located near the eastern end of Bolivar Peninsula, in the most eastern extremity of Galveston County, and lies almost in the Gulf of Mexico”; specimen “from no. A-15 Smith, core at 6,169–6,175 feet.” Figured: pl. 70, figs. 8a, 8b. [details]