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Reophax
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Lituolacea
Family:
Hormosinidae
Subfamily:
Hormosininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Reophax MONTFORT, 1808, *1305, p. 331
Type Species:
R. scorpiurus, OD (M)
Images
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Fig. 128,1. *R. scorpiurus, Rec., Gulf Mex.; side view, X45 (*2117). --Fig. 128, 2. R. angusta (SCHUBERT), L.Oligo., S.Tirol; holotype, sectioned, X66; 128,3. R. delicatula (BERMUDEZ & KEY), Rec., Carib.; 3a, side view, portion of penultimate chamber wall removed to show interior, X13; 3b, terminal portion, X28 (*2117).
Synonyms
Reophagus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test free, elongate. nearly straight or arcuate; chambers few, increasing in size as added; sutures nearly horizontal, obscure to moderately constricted; wall agglutinated, with comparatively little cement, surface rough; aperture terminal, rounded, at end of distinct tubular neck.
References
Montfort, Denys de, 1808, Conchyliologie systématique et classification methodique des coquilles: v. 1, 1xxxvii+409 p.
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:
Reophax MONTFORT, 1808, *1305, p. 331
Type Species:
R. scorpiurus, OD (M)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 128,1. *R. scorpiurus, Rec., Gulf Mex.; side view, X45 (*2117). --Fig. 128, 2. R. angusta (SCHUBERT), L.Oligo., S.Tirol; holotype, sectioned, X66; 128,3. R. delicatula (BERMUDEZ & KEY), Rec., Carib.; 3a, side view, portion of penultimate chamber wall removed to show interior, X13; 3b, terminal portion, X28 (*2117).
Synonyms
Reophagus
Geographic Distribution
cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Miss.
Beginning International Stage:
Tournaisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
359.3
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test free, elongate. nearly straight or arcuate; chambers few, increasing in size as added; sutures nearly horizontal, obscure to moderately constricted; wall agglutinated, with comparatively little cement, surface rough; aperture terminal, rounded, at end of distinct tubular neck.
References
Montfort, Denys de, 1808, Conchyliologie systématique et classification methodique des coquilles: v. 1, 1xxxvii+409 p.