WoRMS taxon details
Dorothia Plummer, 1931
112416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112416)
accepted
Genus
Gaudryina bulletta Carsey, 1926 † accepted as Dorothia bulletta (Carsey, 1926) † (type by original designation)
- Species Dorothia bradyana Cushman, 1936
- Species Dorothia caribaea Cushman, 1936
- Species Dorothia ergoella Saidova, 1975
- Species Dorothia flatulenta Yassini & Jones, 1995
- Species Dorothia goesii (Cushman, 1911)
- Species Dorothia heteroloculata Lukina, 1980
- Species Dorothia inepta Collins, 1958
- Species Dorothia irania Cushman, 1936
- Species Dorothia oxyconoides Zheng, 1988
- Species Dorothia pacifica Saidova, 1975
- Species Dorothia pseudoturris (Cushman, 1922)
- Species Dorothia scabra (Brady, 1884)
- Species Dorothia symmetrica McCulloch, 1981
- Subgenus Dorothia (Textilina) Hofker, 1976 accepted as Textularia Defrance, 1824 (Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987 Nomen translatum)
- Species Dorothia arenata Cushman, 1936 accepted as Arenogaudryina arenata (Cushman, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Zheng and Fu (2001, 2008))
- Species Dorothia conica (Parker & Jones, 1865) accepted as Tritaxis conica (Parker & Jones, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dorothia conversa (Grzybowski, 1901) accepted as Karrerulina conversa (Grzybowski, 1901) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dorothia curta (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Gaudryina curta Cushman, 1922
- Species Dorothia exilis Cushman, 1936 accepted as Prolixoplecta exilis (Cushman, 1936) (Type species of Prolixoplecta)
- Species Dorothia gibbosa (d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Bannerella gibbosa (d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Species Dorothia paupercula (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Gaudryina scabra Brady, 1884 accepted as Dorothia scabra (Brady, 1884) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Dorothia pseudofiliformis (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Prolixoplecta pseudofiliformis (Cushman, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Revets (2000))
- Species Dorothia pusilla Parr, 1950 accepted as Prolixoplecta pusilla (Parr, 1950) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1994))
- Species Dorothia rotunda (Chapman, 1902) accepted as Dorothia scabra (Brady, 1884) (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Hayward et al (2010))
- Species Dorothia rudis (Wright, 1900) accepted as Connemarella rudis (Wright, 1900) (Type species of Connemarella)
- Species Dorothia scrupulosa Zheng, 1988 accepted as Arenogaudryina scrupulosa (Zheng, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Zheng and Fu (2001, 2008))
- Species Dorothia subglabra (Gümbel, 1870) accepted as Karreriella subglabra (Gümbel, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dorothia subrotundata (Schwager, 1866) accepted as Karreriella subrotundata (Schwager, 1866) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dorothia tortilis Parr, 1950 accepted as Gaudryina tortilis (Parr, 1950) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Zheng and Fu (2001, 2008))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Plummer, H. J. (1931). Some Cretaceous foraminifera in Texas. <em>University of Texas bulletin.</em> 3101: 109-203., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/60495
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Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Dorothia Plummer, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112416 on 2026-07-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Plummer, H. J. (1931). Some Cretaceous foraminifera in Texas. <em>University of Texas bulletin.</em> 3101: 109-203., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2152/60495
page(s): p. 130 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. 130 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
additional source
Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test elongate, stout, early stage trochospirally enrolled, with four or more chambers per whorl, then reduced to biserial, increasing very slowly in size so that test has nearly parallel sides, circular in section; wall finely agglutinated and canaliculate, commonly of calcareous particles on a proteinaceous lining; aperture an interiomarginal slit in a slight reentrant of the final chamber face. L. to U. Cretaceous (Valanginian to Maastrichtian) to Paleocene; North America; Europe. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
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