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Thurammina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Ammodiscacea
Family:
Saccamminidae
Subfamily:
Saccammininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Thurammina BRADY, 1879, *196a, p. 45
Type Species:
T. papillata; SD CUSHMAN, 1910. *404a, p. 57
Images
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Fig. 115,3. *T. papillata, Rec., S.Atl.; X48 (*2117).
Synonyms
Thyrammina
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-USSR-N.Am.-Atl.-Pac.-Indon. Antarctic.
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, single, nearly globular chamber, wall thin, finely agglutinated, surface smoothly finished, apertures several, commonly situated on small mammillate protuberances. [Differs from Saccammina in possessing numerous apertures on short protuberances.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Textulariina
Superfamily:
Ammodiscacea
Family:
Saccamminidae
Subfamily:
Saccammininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Thurammina BRADY, 1879, *196a, p. 45
Type Species:
T. papillata; SD CUSHMAN, 1910. *404a, p. 57
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 115,3. *T. papillata, Rec., S.Atl.; X48 (*2117).
Synonyms
Thyrammina
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-USSR-N.Am.-Atl.-Pac.-Indon. Antarctic.
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, single, nearly globular chamber, wall thin, finely agglutinated, surface smoothly finished, apertures several, commonly situated on small mammillate protuberances. [Differs from Saccammina in possessing numerous apertures on short protuberances.]