WoRMS name details
Brizalina Costa, 1856
112103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112103)
unaccepted (Genetic and morpologic studies do not support separate genera (e.g. Ertan et al., 2004))
Genus
Brizalina aenariensis Costa, 1856 accepted as Bolivina aenariensis (Costa, 1856) (type by monotypy)
- Species Brizalina colomi van Voorthuysen, 1973
- Species Brizalina peterroyi Yassini & Jones, 1995
- Species Brizalina pseudoseminuda Zheng, 1979
- Species Brizalina saidovae Troitskaya & Fursenko, 1979
- Species Brizalina substriatula Zheng, 1979
- Species Brizalina vescistriata Belford, 1966
- Subgenus Brizalina (Parabrizalina) Zweig-Strykowski & Reiss, 1976 accepted as Parabrizalina Zweig-Strykowski & Reiss, 1976 (Opinion Loeblich and Tappan (1987) Nomen translatum)
- Subgenus Brizalina (Pseudobrizalina) Zweig-Strykowski & Reiss, 1976 accepted as Pseudobrizalina Zweig-Strykowski & Reiss, 1976 (Nom. trans.)
- Species Brizalina abbreviata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1924) accepted as Bolivina abbreviata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1924 accepted as Neocassidulina abbreviata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1924)
- Species Brizalina acerosa (Cushman, 1936) accepted as Bolivina acerosa Cushman, 1936
- Species Brizalina aenariensis Costa, 1856 accepted as Bolivina aenariensis (Costa, 1856)
- Species Brizalina alata (Seguenza, 1862) accepted as Bolivina alata (Seguenza, 1862)
- Species Brizalina albatrossi (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Bolivina albatrossi Cushman, 1922
- Species Brizalina alvarezi (Sellier de Civrieux, 1976) accepted as Bolivina alvarezi Sellier de Civrieux, 1976
- Species Brizalina argentea (Cushman, 1926) accepted as Bolivina argentea Cushman, 1926
- Species Brizalina arta (MacFadyen, 1930) accepted as Bolivina arta MacFadyen, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brizalina britannica (Macfadyen, 1942) accepted as Bolivina britannica Macfadyen, 1942
- Species Brizalina capitata (Cushman, 1933) accepted as Bolivina capitata Cushman, 1933
- Species Brizalina catanensis (Seguenza, 1862) accepted as Bolivina catanensis Seguenza, 1862
- Species Brizalina difformis (Williamson, 1848) accepted as Bolivina difformis (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Brizalina dilatata (Reuss, 1850) accepted as Bolivina dilatata Reuss, 1850
- Species Brizalina doniezi (Cushman & Wickenden, 1929) accepted as Bolivina doniezi Cushman & Wickenden, 1929
- Species Brizalina durrandii (Millett, 1900) accepted as Bolivina durrandii Millett, 1900 accepted as Sagrinella durrandii (Millett, 1900)
- Species Brizalina earlandi (Parr, 1950) accepted as Bolivina earlandi Parr, 1950
- Species Brizalina frondalis (McCulloch, 1977) accepted as Bolivina frondalis McCulloch, 1977 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brizalina hantkeniana (Brady, 1881) accepted as Lugdunum hantkenianum (Brady, 1881)
- Species Brizalina humilis (Cushman & McCulloch, 1942) accepted as Bolivina humilis Cushman & McCulloch, 1942
- Species Brizalina inflata (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913) accepted as Bolivina inflata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913
- Species Brizalina interjuncta (Cushman, 1926) accepted as Bolivina interjuncta Cushman, 1926
- Species Brizalina lowmani (Phleger & Parker, 1951) accepted as Bolivina lowmani Phleger & Parker, 1951
- Species Brizalina mantaensis (Cushman, 1929) accepted as Bolivina mantaensis Cushman, 1929 †
- Species Brizalina merecuanai (Sellier de Civrieux, 1976) accepted as Bolivina merecuanai Sellier de Civrieux, 1976
- Species Brizalina nitida (Brady, 1884) accepted as Bolivina nitida Brady, 1884
- Species Brizalina ordinaria (Phleger & Parker, 1952) accepted as Bolivina ordinaria Phleger & Parker, 1952
- Species Brizalina pacifica (Cushman & McCulloch, 1942) accepted as Bolivina pacifica Cushman & McCulloch, 1942
- Species Brizalina panayensis (McCulloch, 1977) accepted as Bolivina panayensis McCulloch, 1977
- Species Brizalina paula (Cushman & Cahill, 1932) accepted as Bolivina paula Cushman & Cahill, 1932
- Species Brizalina pseudobeyrichi (Cushman, 1926) accepted as Euloxostomum pseudobeyrichi (Cushman, 1926)
- Species Brizalina pseudopunctata (Höglund, 1947) accepted as Bolivinellina pseudopunctata (Höglund, 1947)
- Species Brizalina punctatostriata (Kreuzberg, 1930) accepted as Bolivina punctatostriata Kreuzberg, 1930
- Species Brizalina pygmaea (Brady, 1881) accepted as Bolivina pygmaea (Brady, 1881)
- Species Brizalina rhomboidalis (Millett, 1899) accepted as Bolivina rhomboidalis (Millett, 1899) accepted as Abditodentrix rhomboidalis (Millett, 1899) accepted as Tortoplectella rhomboidalis (Millett, 1899)
- Species Brizalina robusta (Brady, 1881) accepted as Bolivina robusta (Brady, 1881)
- Species Brizalina semicostata (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Bolivina semicostata Cushman, 1911
- Species Brizalina semilineata Belford, 1966 accepted as Aphelophragmina semilineata (Belford, 1966) (Opinion of Loeblich and Tappan (1994))
- Species Brizalina seminuda (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Bolivina seminuda Cushman, 1911
- Species Brizalina simpsoni (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915) accepted as Bolivina simpsoni Heron-Allen & Earland, 1915
- Species Brizalina skagerrakensis (Qvale & Nigam, 1985) accepted as Bolivina skagerrakensis Qvale & Nigam, 1985
- Species Brizalina spathulata (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Bolivina spathulata (Williamson, 1858)
- Species Brizalina spinescens (Cushman, 1911) accepted as Cassidelina spinescens (Cushman, 1911)
- Species Brizalina spissa (Cushman, 1926) accepted as Bolivina spissa Cushman, 1926
- Species Brizalina striatula (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Bolivina striatula Cushman, 1922
- Species Brizalina subaenariensis (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Bolivina subaenariensis Cushman, 1922
- Species Brizalina subcapitata Zheng, 1979 accepted as Cassidelina subcapitata (Zheng, 1979)
- Species Brizalina subreticulata (Parr, 1932) accepted as Bolivina subreticulata Parr, 1932
- Species Brizalina subspathulata (Boomgaart, 1949) accepted as Bolivina subspathulata Boomgaart, 1949
- Species Brizalina subspinescens (Cushman, 1922) accepted as Bolivina subspinescens Cushman, 1922 (Brizalina is a junior synonym of Bolivina)
- Species Brizalina subtenuis (Cushman, 1936) accepted as Krebsina subtenuis (Cushman, 1936) (unaccepted > superseded combination, Opinion of Loeblich & Tappan (1994))
- Species Brizalina vadescens (Cushman, 1933) accepted as Bolivina vadescens Cushman, 1933 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Brizalina variabilis (Williamson, 1858) accepted as Bolivina variabilis (Williamson, 1858) (superseded combination)
- Species Brizalina viscistriata Belford, 1966 accepted as Brizalina vescistriata Belford, 1966 (Incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Brizalina zanzibarica (Cushman, 1936) accepted as Bolivina zanzibarica Cushman, 1936 accepted as Sagrina zanzibarica (Cushman, 1936)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Costa, O. G. (1850-1856). Paleontologia del regno di Napoli : contenente la descrizione e figura di tutti gli avanzi organici fossili racchuisi nel suolo di questo regno. <em>Atti dell' Accademia Pontaniana Napoli.</em> 512 p., available online at https://archive.org/details/paleontologiade01cost [details] 
Taxonomy Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1990) names Brizalina as a subgenus of Bolivina
Taxonomy Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (1990) names Brizalina as a subgenus of Bolivina [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Brizalina Costa, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=112103 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Costa, O. G. (1850-1856). Paleontologia del regno di Napoli : contenente la descrizione e figura di tutti gli avanzi organici fossili racchuisi nel suolo di questo regno. <em>Atti dell' Accademia Pontaniana Napoli.</em> 512 p., available online at https://archive.org/details/paleontologiade01cost [details] 
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]
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ertan, K.T.; Hemleben, V.; Hemleben, C. 2004. Molecular evolution of some selected benthic foraminifera as inferred from sequences of the small subunit ribosomal DNA. Marine Micropaleontology 53: 367-388., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marmicro.2004.08.001 [details]
Other
additional source
Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista [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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additional source 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 [details] Available for editors
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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

additional source 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 [details] Available for editors




