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Vorticella

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Vorticella

Summary

Vorticella is a taxon[1]. Vorticella ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Vorticella's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Vorticella is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Vorticella belongs to the parent taxon Vorticellidae[5].
  • Vorticella's scientific name is Vorticella[6].
  • Vorticella's Commons category is recorded as Vorticella[7].
  • Vorticella's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Vorticella is Vorticella[6]. Vorticella is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Vorticella belongs to the parent taxon Vorticellidae[5].

Identifiers

Vorticella's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 121590[9]. Vorticella's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 60849[10]. Vorticella's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 62021[11]. Vorticella's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7351754[12]. Vorticella's ITIS TSN is recorded as 46497[13].

Why It Matters

Vorticella ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month, #1,556 of 195,241).[2] Vorticella has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Vorticella is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . The World Ciliate Catalog. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Vorticellidae
    Instance of → taxon
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546577105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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