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Quinqueloculina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Miliolina
Superfamily:
Miliolacea
Family:
Miliolidae
Subfamily:
Quinqueloculininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Quinqueloculina D'ORBIGNY, 1826, *1391, p. 301. [nom. Conserv. Proposed LOEBLICH & TAPPAN, 1962, *1184, p. 123 (ICZN pend.)
Type Species:
Serpula seminulum LINNE, 1758, "1140, p. 786; SD PARKER & JONES, 1859, *1417a, p. 480)
Images
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Fig. 349,1. *Q. seminulum (LinnÉ), Rec., shore sands at Rimini, Italy, la-c, opposite sides and apert. views of neotype (USNM), X35 (*2117).-Fig. 349,2,3. Q. longirostra d'Orbigny, Plio., Italy, 2 a-c, opposite sides and top view of lectotype (MNHN) of Adelosina laevigata d'Orbigny, 3, paratype consisting of proloculus only of A. laevigata, X36 (*2117).-Fig. 349,4. Q. cooki Vella, Rec., N.Z., 4a-c, opposite sides and apert. view of holotype, X30 (*2001)
Synonyms
Retorta, Q. longirostra
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
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 coiled, with chambers one-half coil in length and alternating regularly in 5 planes of coiling 72° apart, but with successive chambers in planes 144° apart, so that 3 chambers are visible from exterior on one side of test and 4 visible from opposite side, wall calcareous, porcelaneous, imperforate, with inner pseudochitinous layer, rarely with some agglutinated grains added to exterior, aperture terminal, rounded, with simple or bifid tooth
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Miliolina
Superfamily:
Miliolacea
Family:
Miliolidae
Subfamily:
Quinqueloculininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Quinqueloculina D'ORBIGNY, 1826, *1391, p. 301. [nom. Conserv. Proposed LOEBLICH & TAPPAN, 1962, *1184, p. 123 (ICZN pend.)
Type Species:
Serpula seminulum LINNE, 1758, "1140, p. 786; SD PARKER & JONES, 1859, *1417a, p. 480)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 349,1. *Q. seminulum (LinnÉ), Rec., shore sands at Rimini, Italy, la-c, opposite sides and apert. views of neotype (USNM), X35 (*2117).-Fig. 349,2,3. Q. longirostra d'Orbigny, Plio., Italy, 2 a-c, opposite sides and top view of lectotype (MNHN) of Adelosina laevigata d'Orbigny, 3, paratype consisting of proloculus only of A. laevigata, X36 (*2117).-Fig. 349,4. Q. cooki Vella, Rec., N.Z., 4a-c, opposite sides and apert. view of holotype, X30 (*2001)
Synonyms
Retorta, Q. longirostra
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
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 coiled, with chambers one-half coil in length and alternating regularly in 5 planes of coiling 72° apart, but with successive chambers in planes 144° apart, so that 3 chambers are visible from exterior on one side of test and 4 visible from opposite side, wall calcareous, porcelaneous, imperforate, with inner pseudochitinous layer, rarely with some agglutinated grains added to exterior, aperture terminal, rounded, with simple or bifid tooth