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Vaginulinopsis
Taxonomy
Vaginulinopsis is a genus. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Loeblich and Tappan (1987).
It was assigned to Vaginulinidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1987); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Vaginulinidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1987); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Vaginulinopsis Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2002 | Vaginulinopsis Sepkoski |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1987 | Test elongate, early stage planispirally enrolled and involute, later uncoiled and rectilinear, laterally compressed and ovate to lenticular in section, sutures radial in the early stage, straight, horizontal, and may be slightly depressed in the uncoiled stage; wall calcareous, perforate, optically radial, surface smooth and unornamented; aperture terminal radiate at the dorsal angel. U. Triassic to Holocene; cosmopolitan. |