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Lituonella

Valvulinidae

Taxonomy
Lituonella was named by Schlumberger and Douvillé (1905).

It was assigned to Valvulinidae by Cushman (1927).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Lituonella Schlumberger and Douvillé
1927Lituonella Cushman p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyTextulariaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyValvulinidaeReuss 1860
genusLituonellaSchlumberger and Douvillé 1905

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.

G. †Lituonella Schlumberger and Douvillé 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan L. sp. (79074)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Florida) L. sp. (41452)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Libya L. sp. (42125)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) L. sp. (41475)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Somalia L. depressa (78813 78814)