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Hormosina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Hormosinidae
Subfamily:
Hormosininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hormosina BRADY, 1879, *196a, p. 56
Type Species:
H. glohulifera: SD CUSHMAN, 1910, *404a, p. 93
Images
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Fig. 128,4,5. H. globulifera, Rec., Atl.; .4a, side view of microspheric form; 4b, top view; 5, side view of single-
chambered specimen; all X20 (*2117).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Atl.-Pac.-Eu.-Carib.-Medit.-Antarctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test similar to Reophax but with very large globular chambers, wall finely arenaceous with abundant cement and smoothly finished; aperture on produced neck.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Hormosinidae
Subfamily:
Hormosininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Hormosina BRADY, 1879, *196a, p. 56
Type Species:
H. glohulifera: SD CUSHMAN, 1910, *404a, p. 93
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 128,4,5. H. globulifera, Rec., Atl.; .4a, side view of microspheric form; 4b, top view; 5, side view of single-
chambered specimen; all X20 (*2117).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Atl.-Pac.-Eu.-Carib.-Medit.-Antarctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Hettangian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
201.36
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test similar to Reophax but with very large globular chambers, wall finely arenaceous with abundant cement and smoothly finished; aperture on produced neck.