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Glomospirella
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Ammodiscacea
Family:
Ammodiscidae
Subfamily:
Ammodiscinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Glomospirella PLUMMER, 1945, *1468, p. 233 (non Clomospirella REYTLlNGER, 1950)
Type Species:
Glomospira umbilicata CUSHMAN & WATERS, 1927, *534, p. 148; OD
Images
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Fig. 122,3. *G. umbilicata (CUSHMAN & WATERS), L.Penn., USA(Tex.); 3a,b, side and edge views of holotype, X68 (*2117).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.(L.Penn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test free. Discoidal, early stage as in Glomospira, later planispiral as in Ammodiscus; wall very finely agglutinated, smoothly finished; aperture at open end of tube.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Ammodiscacea
Family:
Ammodiscidae
Subfamily:
Ammodiscinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Glomospirella PLUMMER, 1945, *1468, p. 233 (non Clomospirella REYTLlNGER, 1950)
Type Species:
Glomospira umbilicata CUSHMAN & WATERS, 1927, *534, p. 148; OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 122,3. *G. umbilicata (CUSHMAN & WATERS), L.Penn., USA(Tex.); 3a,b, side and edge views of holotype, X68 (*2117).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.(L.Penn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Maastrichtian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
66.04
Description
Test free. Discoidal, early stage as in Glomospira, later planispiral as in Ammodiscus; wall very finely agglutinated, smoothly finished; aperture at open end of tube.