Ovulites Lamarck, 1816
Lectotype species: Ovulites margaritulus Lamarck
Publication details: Lamarck, 1816: 193
Original publication: Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Vol. 2 pp. 1-568. Paris: Verdière.
Request PDFType designated in: Orlov, Y.A. (1963). Osnovy Paleontologii [Principles of Palaeontology]. Vol. 14 pp. 698, 198 figures, 34 plates. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian]
Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-08-20 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.
Nomenclatural note
Also as Oolites. Originally published as a fossil animal (foraminifera) and thus validly published in 1816. - (03 April 2021) - E.A. Molinari Novoa
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 June 2025
