Foraminifera name details
Bolivina pygmaea (Brady, 1881)
112985 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112985)
accepted > unreplaced junior homonym (Primary junior homonym of Bulimina pygmaea Egger, 1857)
Species
Aphelophragmina pygmaea (Brady, 1881) · unaccepted
Bolivina semiclara McCulloch, 1977 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1994)
Brizalina pygmaea (Brady, 1881) · unaccepted
Bulimina (Bolivina) pygmaea Brady, 1881 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Bulimina (Bolivina) pygmaea Brady, 1881) Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (2) 21 (81): 31-71., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13808725 [details] 
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivina pygmaea (Brady, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112985 on 2026-05-02
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(of Bulimina (Bolivina) pygmaea Brady, 1881) Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (2) 21 (81): 31-71., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13808725 [details]
original description (of Bolivina semiclara McCulloch, 1977) 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
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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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bolivina semiclara McCulloch, 1977) 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bolivina semiclara McCulloch, 1977)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Bolivina pygmaea Brady, 1881; Syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3091997)
To PESI (from synonym Brizalina pygmaea (Brady, 1881))
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Bolivina pygmaea Brady, 1881; Syntype; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3091997)
To PESI (from synonym Brizalina pygmaea (Brady, 1881))
To PESI
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