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Globigerina spinuloinflata

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Globigerina spinuloinflata Bandy p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinoidea
RankNameAuthor
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusGlobigerina
speciesspinuloinflata

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. L. Bandy 1949Test helicoid, dorsal side flattened or slightly convex, ventral side very deep as a result of the rapid increase in height of the chambers; periphery moderately lobulate; edge rather abruptly rounded, with shoulder, whorls 2 1/2 to 3, the last with about 4 1/2 chambers; sutures depressed, on the dorsal side curved and oblique, ventrally nearly radial; wall coarsely perforate, conspicuously spinose, rather reduced on the last chamber; aperture a moderately ow arch opening into the umbilicus, with an upper lip. Length, 0.42 mm. ; breadth, 0.34 mm. ; thickness, 0.29 mm.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
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