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

Bolivina difformis (Williamson, 1858)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Brizalina difformis*	(Williamson, 1848)	synonym
*Textularia variabilis var. difformis*	Williamson, 1858	synonym

Literature

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
new combination reference	Balkwill, F. P.; Wright, J. (1885). Report on some Recent foraminifera found off the coast of Dublin and in the Irish Sea. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy. 28: 317-368.
new combination reference	Parker, F. L. (1958). Eastern Mediterranean Foraminifera. Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition, Sediment Cores from the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. 8: 217-285.

Genbank

Citation

Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Bolivina difformis (Williamson, 1858). 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:112972