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Uvigerina
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Buliminacea
Family:
Uvigerinidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Uvigerina D'ORBIGNY, 1826, *1391, p. 268
Type Species:
U. pygmea, SD PARKER, JONES & BRADY, 1865, *1419, p. 36
Images
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Fig. 446, 1,2. *U. pygmea, Plio., Italy (1), Rec., Italy (2), 1a,b, side, apert. views, X94 (*2117), 2, sectioned specimen, showing tooth plates with wings (shaded portion), X104 (*928c).
Synonyms
Uvigerina
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test elongate, triserial, rounded in section, chambers inflated, wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth, hispid or costate, aperture terminal, rounded with nonperforate neck and may have phialine lip, internal tooth plate with distinct wing
at one side. [The type-species was spelled pigmea in the text (*1391, p. 269) but pygmea on the plate explanation (*1391, pI. 12, p. 310). Miniuva was separated for an extremely small costate species with short neck, features here regarded as of specific value.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Protista
Subphylum:
Sarcodina
Class:
Reticularea
Subclass:
Granuloreticulosia
Order:
Foraminiferida
Suborder:
Rotalina
Superfamily:
Buliminacea
Family:
Uvigerinidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Uvigerina D'ORBIGNY, 1826, *1391, p. 268
Type Species:
U. pygmea, SD PARKER, JONES & BRADY, 1865, *1419, p. 36
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 446, 1,2. *U. pygmea, Plio., Italy (1), Rec., Italy (2), 1a,b, side, apert. views, X94 (*2117), 2, sectioned specimen, showing tooth plates with wings (shaded portion), X104 (*928c).
Synonyms
Uvigerina
Geographic Distribution
cosmop.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Test elongate, triserial, rounded in section, chambers inflated, wall calcareous, perforate, surface smooth, hispid or costate, aperture terminal, rounded with nonperforate neck and may have phialine lip, internal tooth plate with distinct wing
at one side. [The type-species was spelled pigmea in the text (*1391, p. 269) but pygmea on the plate explanation (*1391, pI. 12, p. 310). Miniuva was separated for an extremely small costate species with short neck, features here regarded as of specific value.]