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Planularia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Rotalina
    Superfamily:  
Nodosariacea
    Family:  
Nodosariidae
    Subfamily:  
Nodosariinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Planularia Defrance in de BLAINVILLE, 1826, *141c, p. 244
    Type Species:  
Peneroplis auris Defrance in de BLAINVILLE, 1824, *141a, p. 178, OD (M)


Images

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Fig. 407,7,8. *P. auris (Defrance), Plio., Italy, 7,8a, side views, 8b, edge view, all X33 (*2117).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Mio.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Aquitanian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
23.04
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Similar to Astacolus, but with compressed sides and carinate margins




References



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