Foraminifera taxon details
Rosalinidae Reiss, 1963
111947 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111947)
accepted
Family
- Genus Albertinopsis Revets, 2002 †
- Genus Discanomalina Asano, 1951
- Genus Gavelinopsis Hofker, 1951
- Genus Hyrrokkin Cedhagen, 1994
- Genus Neoconorbina Hofker, 1951
- Genus Planodiscorbis Bermúdez, 1952
- Genus Pseudopatellinoides Krasheninnikov, 1958 †
- Genus Rolfina Laursen, 1994 †
- Genus Rosalina d'Orbigny, 1826
- Genus Rotorboides Sellier de Civrieux, 1977
- Subfamily Rupertininae Loeblich & Tappan, 1961
- Genus Biarritzina Loeblich & Tappan, 1964
- Genus Haerella Belford, 1960 †
- Genus Pseudobiarritzina Sztrákos, 1993
- Genus Rupertina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961
- Genus Tarbellina Sztrákos, 2000 †
- Genus Columella Halkyard, 1918 accepted as Biarritzina Loeblich & Tappan, 1964 (Junior homonym of Columella Westerlund, 1878 (Mollusca))
- Genus Rupertia Wallich, 1877 accepted as Rupertina Loeblich & Tappan, 1961 (Junior homonym of Rupertia Gray, 1865 (Mollusca))
- Genus Semirosalina Hornibrook, 1961 †
- Genus Spirorbina Sellier de Civrieux, 1977
- Genus Tretomphaloides Banner, Pereira & Desai, 1985
- Genus Tretomphalus Möbius, 1880
- Genus Pararosalina McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Rosalina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1987))
- Genus Planodiscorbita McCulloch, 1977 accepted as Planodiscorbis Bermúdez, 1952 (subjective junior synonym in opinion of Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
- Genus Turbinolina d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Rosalina d'Orbigny, 1826 (Objective junior synonym, Loeblich & Tappan, 1987)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Diagnosis Test trochospiral, may have closed umbilicus or umbonal boss, chamber interior simple; aperture a low arch at the base of...
Diagnosis Test trochospiral, may have closed umbilicus or umbonal boss, chamber interior simple; aperture a low arch at the base of the final chamber on the umbilical side. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2026). World Foraminifera Database. Rosalinidae Reiss, 1963. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111947 on 2026-07-04
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Reiss, Z. (1963). Reclassification of perforate foraminifera. <em>Bull. Geol Surv. Israel.</em> 35: 1-111. [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. <em>Marine Micropaleontology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (PeRMS) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [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]
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 [request]
[request]taxonomy source Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. <em>Marine Micropaleontology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (PeRMS) McCulloch, I. (1977). Qualitative observations on Recent foraminiferal tests with emphasis on the eastern Pacific. University of Southern California. Los Angeles., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=tPw_AAAAIAAJ [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]
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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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Test trochospiral, may have closed umbilicus or umbonal boss, chamber interior simple; aperture a low arch at the base of the final chamber on the umbilical side. Eocene to Holocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
