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Miliolinella
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Miliolina
Superfamily:
Miliolacea
Family:
Miliolidae
Subfamily:
Miliolinellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Miliolinella Wiesner, 1931, *2063, p. 63, 65, 107
Type Species:
Vermiculum subrotundum MONTAGU, 1803, *1298, p. 521, OD
Images
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Fig. 355,1,2. *M. subrotunda (Montagu), Rec., Ire. (1), Delos Is., Greece (2), la-c, opposite sides and top view showing apert. flap, X73 (*2117); 2, horiz. sec., X56 (*1738).
Synonyms
Triloculinella
Geographic Distribution
Oligo.-Rec., Eu.-N.Am.-Pac.O.-Antarctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test free, triloculine in chamber arrangement, sutures distinct, wall calcareous, porcelaneous, imperforate, aperture at open end of chamber, partially covered by broad, low flap which leaves only crescentic opening. [Differs from Triloculina in possessing a large broad, flaplike tooth constricting the aperture rather than a simple or bifid tooth.]
References
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Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Miliolina
Superfamily:
Miliolacea
Family:
Miliolidae
Subfamily:
Miliolinellinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Miliolinella Wiesner, 1931, *2063, p. 63, 65, 107
Type Species:
Vermiculum subrotundum MONTAGU, 1803, *1298, p. 521, OD
Images
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Fig. 355,1,2. *M. subrotunda (Montagu), Rec., Ire. (1), Delos Is., Greece (2), la-c, opposite sides and top view showing apert. flap, X73 (*2117); 2, horiz. sec., X56 (*1738).
Synonyms
Triloculinella
Geographic Distribution
Oligo.-Rec., Eu.-N.Am.-Pac.O.-Antarctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Oligo.
Beginning International Stage:
Rupelian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
33.9
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test free, triloculine in chamber arrangement, sutures distinct, wall calcareous, porcelaneous, imperforate, aperture at open end of chamber, partially covered by broad, low flap which leaves only crescentic opening. [Differs from Triloculina in possessing a large broad, flaplike tooth constricting the aperture rather than a simple or bifid tooth.]