WoRMS taxon details
Sigmavirgulina tortuosa (Brady, 1881)
113392 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113392)
accepted
Species
Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881) · unaccepted (Type species of Sigmavirgulina)
Bolivina tortuosa var. atlantica Cushman, 1936 · unaccepted > superseded combination (Opinion of Barker (1960))
Bulimina (Bolivina) tortuosa Brady, 1881 · unaccepted (Type species of Sigmavirgulina)
Sigmavirgulina tortuosa subsp. atlantica (Cushman, 1936) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Subjective junior synonym Opinion...)
Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Jones (1994), Holbourn et al. (2013)
- Subspecies Sigmavirgulina tortuosa subsp. atlantica (Cushman, 1936) accepted as Sigmavirgulina tortuosa (Brady, 1881) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Subjective junior synonym Opinion of Jones (1994), Holbourn et al. (2013))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Bulimina (Bolivina) tortuosa 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
page(s): p. 57 (type description), illustrated as Bolivina tortuosa in Brady, 1884 , pl. 52, figs. 31–34. [details]
page(s): p. 57 (type description), illustrated as Bolivina tortuosa in Brady, 1884 , pl. 52, figs. 31–34. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Sigmavirgulina tortuosa (Brady, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113392 on 2025-04-05
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Bulimina (Bolivina) tortuosa 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
page(s): p. 57 (type description), illustrated as Bolivina tortuosa in Brady, 1884 , pl. 52, figs. 31–34. [details]
original description (of Bolivina tortuosa var. atlantica Cushman, 1936) Cushman, J. A. (1936). New genera and species of the families Verneuilinidae and Valvulinidae and of the subfamily Virgulininae. <em>Special Publ. No. 6, Cushman Lab. Foram. Res.</em> 1-71., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4339593
page(s): p. 57, pl. 8, fig. 8. [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]
new combination reference Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Eleven New Genera of Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 223-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32376730 [details]
page(s): p. 57 (type description), illustrated as Bolivina tortuosa in Brady, 1884 , pl. 52, figs. 31–34. [details]
original description (of Bolivina tortuosa var. atlantica Cushman, 1936) Cushman, J. A. (1936). New genera and species of the families Verneuilinidae and Valvulinidae and of the subfamily Virgulininae. <em>Special Publ. No. 6, Cushman Lab. Foram. Res.</em> 1-71., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4339593
page(s): p. 57, pl. 8, fig. 8. [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]
new combination reference Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1957). Eleven New Genera of Foraminifera. <em>Bulletin United States National Museum.</em> 215: 223-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32376730 [details]
Other
additional source
Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Cicha, I.; Rögl, F.; Rupp, C.; Čtyroká, J.; Members of the "Working group on the foraminifera of the Central Paratethys". (1998). Oligocene-Miocene foraminifera of the Central Paratethys. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 549: 1-325. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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]additional source Cicha, I.; Rögl, F.; Rupp, C.; Čtyroká, J.; Members of the "Working group on the foraminifera of the Central Paratethys". (1998). Oligocene-Miocene foraminifera of the Central Paratethys. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 549: 1-325. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection (from synonym Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Bolivina tortuosa (Brady, 1881))
To ITIS
