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Dentalina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Nodosariacea
Family:
Nodosariidae
Subfamily:
Nodosariinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dentalina Risso, 1826, *1579a, p. 16
Type Species:
Nodosaria (Dentaline) cuvieri D'ORBIGNY, 1826, *1391, p. 255, OD (M)
Images
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Fig. 403,2,3. *D. cuvieri, Rec., Adriatic (2), Rec., Gulf Mex. (3), 2, enlarged (*700), 3, X22 (*2117).
Synonyms
Les Dentalines
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test elongate, arcuate, uniserial, sutures commonly oblique, aperture radiate, terminal, may be eccentric or nearly central. [Differs from Nodosaria in being asymmetrical.]
References
Risso, Antoine, 1826, Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes: F.-G. Levrault (Paris \& Strassburg); (a) v. 4, p. 1-439; (b) v. 5.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Nodosariacea
Family:
Nodosariidae
Subfamily:
Nodosariinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Dentalina Risso, 1826, *1579a, p. 16
Type Species:
Nodosaria (Dentaline) cuvieri D'ORBIGNY, 1826, *1391, p. 255, OD (M)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 403,2,3. *D. cuvieri, Rec., Adriatic (2), Rec., Gulf Mex. (3), 2, enlarged (*700), 3, X22 (*2117).
Synonyms
Les Dentalines
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test elongate, arcuate, uniserial, sutures commonly oblique, aperture radiate, terminal, may be eccentric or nearly central. [Differs from Nodosaria in being asymmetrical.]
References
Risso, Antoine, 1826, Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes maritimes: F.-G. Levrault (Paris \& Strassburg); (a) v. 4, p. 1-439; (b) v. 5.