Foraminifera taxon details
Bolivinoididae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †
- Genus Bolivilongella Ismail, Boukhary, Sharabi & Kotb, 2025 †
- Genus Bolivinoides Cushman, 1927 †
- Genus Swiecickina Georgescu, 2018 †
- Genus Trachelinella Gallitelli, 1956 †
- Genus Bolivinoidesella Anan, 2024 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, Type depository not available; e-publication with no ZooBank record)
- Genus Elongateporeia Georgescu, Arz, Macauley, Kukulski, Arenillas & Pérez-Rodríguez, 2011 † accepted as Bolivinoides Cushman, 1927 † (In opinion of Beniamovskii & Kopaevich (2016) and Georgescu (2018))
- Genus Trakelina Montanaro Gallitelli, 1955 † accepted as Trachelinella Gallitelli, 1956 † (Name not available; no description)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details] Available for editors 
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Diagnosis Test biserial; wall calcareous, perforate, optically radiate; surface with heavy longitudinal costae that may bifurcate,...
Taxonomic remark Junior subjective synonym of Bolivinitidae in opinion of Revets, 1996. Reinstated by Georgescu (2018).
Diagnosis Test biserial; wall calcareous, perforate, optically radiate; surface with heavy longitudinal costae that may bifurcate, interior surface tuberculate; aperture a high interiomarginal slit, tending to become areal in position, provided with an internal toothplate. U. Cretaceous (Santonian) to Paleocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]
Taxonomic remark Junior subjective synonym of Bolivinitidae in opinion of Revets, 1996. Reinstated by Georgescu (2018).
Taxonomic remark Junior subjective synonym of Bolivinitidae in opinion of Revets, 1996. Reinstated by Georgescu (2018). [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivinoididae Loeblich & Tappan, 1984 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=526282 on 2026-01-20
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Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1984). Suprageneric Classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). <em>Micropaleontology.</em> 30(1): 1-70., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1485456 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
source of synonymy Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf
note: Junior subjective synonym of Bolivinitidae in opinion of Revets, 1996 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Georgescu, M. D. (2018). Monographic study of the Late Cretaceous representatives of the bolivinoidid benthic foraminifera. <em>Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Geologia.</em> 62(1): 5-57., available online at https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol62/iss1/art1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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]source of synonymy Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. <em>Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication.</em> 1-55., available online at https://cushmanfoundation.allenpress.com/Portals/_default/SpecialPublications/sp34.pdf
note: Junior subjective synonym of Bolivinitidae in opinion of Revets, 1996 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Georgescu, M. D. (2018). Monographic study of the Late Cretaceous representatives of the bolivinoidid benthic foraminifera. <em>Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Geologia.</em> 62(1): 5-57., available online at https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol62/iss1/art1 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Test biserial; wall calcareous, perforate, optically radiate; surface with heavy longitudinal costae that may bifurcate, interior surface tuberculate; aperture a high interiomarginal slit, tending to become areal in position, provided with an internal toothplate. U. Cretaceous (Santonian) to Paleocene. (Loeblich & Tappan, 1987, Foraminiferal Genera and Their Classification) [details]Taxonomic remark Junior subjective synonym of Bolivinitidae in opinion of Revets, 1996. Reinstated by Georgescu (2018). [details]
