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Lituotuba
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Ammodiscacea
Family:
Ammodiscidae
Subfamily:
Tolypammininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lituotuba Rhumbler, 1895, *1568A, p. 83
Type Species:
Serpula filum Schmid, 1867, *1672, p. 583, SD Schellwien, 1898, *1644, p. 265
Images
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Fic. 126,8. *L. filum (Schmid), Perm.(Zech.), Ger., enlarged (*193).-Fig. 126,9. L. lituiformis (Brady), Rec., Carib., X20 (*2117).-Fig. 126, 10,11. L. irregularis Tappan, L.Jur., N.Alaska, 10, test showing irregular character, X48 (*1874), 11, irregular specimen, X28 (*1874).-Fig. 126.12. L. nothi (Majzon), Flysch, Hung., X36 (*1203).
Synonyms
Ammonema
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test free or attached, early stage irregularly coiled undivided tube as in Glomospira, later stage uncoiling and becoming rectilinear, aperture at end of the tube.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Ammodiscacea
Family:
Ammodiscidae
Subfamily:
Tolypammininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Lituotuba Rhumbler, 1895, *1568A, p. 83
Type Species:
Serpula filum Schmid, 1867, *1672, p. 583, SD Schellwien, 1898, *1644, p. 265
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fic. 126,8. *L. filum (Schmid), Perm.(Zech.), Ger., enlarged (*193).-Fig. 126,9. L. lituiformis (Brady), Rec., Carib., X20 (*2117).-Fig. 126, 10,11. L. irregularis Tappan, L.Jur., N.Alaska, 10, test showing irregular character, X48 (*1874), 11, irregular specimen, X28 (*1874).-Fig. 126.12. L. nothi (Majzon), Flysch, Hung., X36 (*1203).
Synonyms
Ammonema
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test free or attached, early stage irregularly coiled undivided tube as in Glomospira, later stage uncoiling and becoming rectilinear, aperture at end of the tube.