Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Rhizaria > Phylum Foraminifera > Class Globothalamea > Subclass Rotaliana > Order Rotaliida > Superfamily Bolivinitoidea > Family Bolivinitidae > Subfamily Bolivinitinae

Bolivina d'Orbigny, 1839

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brizalina*	Costa, 1856	synonym
*Bulimina (Bolivina)*	d'Orbigny, 1839	synonym

Children

Bolivina acerosa Cushman, 1936
Bolivina alata (Seguenza, 1862)
Bolivina albatrossi Cushman, 1922
Bolivina arctica Herman, 1973
Bolivina britannica Macfadyen, 1942
Bolivina catanensis Seguenza, 1862
Bolivina cincta Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932
Bolivina compacta Sidebottom, 1905
Bolivina difformis (Williamson, 1858)
Bolivina dilatata Reuss, 1850
Bolivina earlandi Parr, 1950
Bolivina inflata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1913
Bolivina lowmani Phleger & Parker, 1951
Bolivina minima Phleger & Parker, 1951
Bolivina ordinaria Phleger & Parker, 1952
Bolivina pacifica Cushman & McCulloch, 1942
Bolivina persiensis Lutze, 1974
Bolivina plicata d'Orbigny, 1839
Bolivina pseudoplicata Heron-Allen & Earland, 1930
Bolivina punctata d'Orbigny, 1839
Bolivina pygmaea (Brady, 1881)
Bolivina robusta (Brady, 1881)
Bolivina skagerrakensis Qvale & Nigam, 1985
Bolivina spathulata (Williamson, 1858)
Bolivina striatula Cushman, 1922
Bolivina subaenariensis Cushman, 1922
Bolivina subcompressa (d'Orbigny, 1852)
Bolivina subspathulata Boomgaart, 1949
Bolivina subspinescens Cushman, 1922
Bolivina superba Emiliani, 1949
Bolivina thalmanni Renz, 1948
Bolivina tongi Cushman, 1929
Bolivina variabilis (Williamson, 1858)

Literature

original description	Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1839). Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Foraminifères. t. 5 pt. 5: 1-86.
basis of record	Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 60-75
additional source	Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Revets, S. A. (1996). The generic revision of five families of Rotaliine Foraminifera - Part 1. The Bolivinitidae Cushman, 1927. Cushman Foundation for Foraminiferal Research, Special Publication. 1-55.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Gooday, A. J.; Bowser, S. S.; Bernhard, J. M. (1996). Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Explorers Cove, Antarctica: A shallow-water site with deep-sea characteristics. Progress in Oceanography. 37(2): 117-166.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivina d'Orbigny, 1839. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:112101