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Trochammina

Classification

    Phylum:  
Protista
    Subphylum:  
Sarcodina
    Class:  
Reticularea
    Subclass:  
Granuloreticulosia
    Order:  
Foraminiferida
    Suborder:  
Textulariina
    Superfamily:  
Lituolacea
    Family:  
Trochamminidae
    Subfamily:  
Trochammininae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Trochammina PARKER & JONES, 1859, *1417b, p. 347
    Type Species:  
Nalltillls inflatlls MONTAGU, 1808, °1299, p. 81; OD (M)


Images

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Fig. 173,1. *T. inflata (MONTAGU), Rec., N.Atl.; Ia-c, spiral and umbilical sides and edge view, X86 (·2117). --Fig. 173,2. T. globigeriniformis (PARKER & JONES), Rec., N.Atl.; 2a-c, opposite sides and edge view of lectotype (here designated and re-figured) of Lituola nautiloidea LAMARCK var. globigeriniformis PARKER & JONES (1865, *1418, pI. 17, fig. 96), X146 (*2117).


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

cosmop.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Carb.
    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, trochospiral; globular to ovate chambers increasing gradually in size; wall agglutinated; aperture low interiomarginal extra-umbilical-umbilical arch which may have narrow bordering lip.




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