†Spiroclypeus (foram)
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Foraminifera - Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Parent taxon: Nummulitidae according to S. J. Beavington-Penney and A. Racey 2004
See also Cushman 1927 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arnaudiella, Assilina, Cycloclypeus, Dictyoconos, Heteroclypeus, Heterostegina, Nummulitella, Nummulites, Nummulostegina, Operculina, Operculinella, Palaeonummulites, Planostegina, Ranikothalia
Subtaxa: Spiroclypeus vermicularis
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), Sri Lanka (3)
• Oligocene of China (1), France (1), Italy (2)
• Eocene of Greece (1), Italy (4), Spain (1), Tonga (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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