Foraminifera taxon details
Discorbina trochus (Münster, 1838) †
890072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:890072)
accepted
Species
Rotalia (Rotalie) discoides d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (Nomen nudum & vernacular)
Rotalia (Rotalie) trochus d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (name not available. ICZN Art. 11...)
name not available. ICZN Art. 11 (b)(i): 11 (g): vernacular
Rotalia discoidea d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841 † · unaccepted (junior synonym opinion of...)
junior synonym opinion of Poignant (1998)
Rotalia discoidea d'Orbigny, 1841 † · unaccepted (Alternate authority quote)
Rotalia discoides d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (Nomen nudum)
Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted (junior synonym opinion of...)
junior synonym opinion of Poignant (1998)
Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 † · unaccepted (Species credited to Roemer by...)
Species credited to Roemer by some modern authors but Roemer credited it to Münster
Rotalia trochus Roemer, 1838 † · unaccepted (Species credited to Roemer by...)
Species credited to Roemer by some modern authors but Roemer credited it to Münster
Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1826 † · unaccepted (Nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 †) Roemer, F. A. (1838). Cephalopoden des Nord-Deutschen tertiaren Meersandes. <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde.</em> 381-394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35870965 [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Discorbina trochus (Münster, 1838) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Foraminifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890072 on 2026-06-26
Date
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original description
(of Rotalia discoidea d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841 †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Saggio storico dei Rizopodi caratteristici dei terreni sopracretacei. <em>Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena.</em> 22 (Fisica): 253-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8723899
page(s): p. 283 [details]
original description (of Rotorbinella discoides (d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841) †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Saggio storico dei Rizopodi caratteristici dei terreni sopracretacei. <em>Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena.</em> 22 (Fisica): 253-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8723899 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): vol. 3 p. 156 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 †) Roemer, F. A. (1838). Cephalopoden des Nord-Deutschen tertiaren Meersandes. <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde.</em> 381-394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35870965 [details]
new combination reference Poignant, A. (1998). Révision des espèces de foraminifères signalées par d'Orbigny en Aquitaine (S.O. France) dans le « Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes » (1826) - A review of the species of foraminifera reported by d'Orbigny in Aquitaine (S.W. France) in the “Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes” (1826). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 41(2): 107-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-1598(98)90055-1
note: As discorbina trocha but trochus is a substantive not an adjective. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 283 [details]
original description (of Rotorbinella discoides (d'Orbigny in Michelotti, 1841) †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Saggio storico dei Rizopodi caratteristici dei terreni sopracretacei. <em>Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze residente in Modena.</em> 22 (Fisica): 253-302., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8723899 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 7: 96-128 [96-120 by Férussac]; (2): 129-169, fold-out table; (3): 245-314, pls. 10-17 [this last part and its plates on Foraminifera only]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): vol. 3 p. 156 [details]
original description (of Rotalia trochus Münster, 1838 †) Roemer, F. A. (1838). Cephalopoden des Nord-Deutschen tertiaren Meersandes. <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde.</em> 381-394., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35870965 [details]
new combination reference Poignant, A. (1998). Révision des espèces de foraminifères signalées par d'Orbigny en Aquitaine (S.O. France) dans le « Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes » (1826) - A review of the species of foraminifera reported by d'Orbigny in Aquitaine (S.W. France) in the “Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes” (1826). <em>Revue de Micropaléontologie.</em> 41(2): 107-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-1598(98)90055-1
note: As discorbina trocha but trochus is a substantive not an adjective. [details] Available for editors
[request]
