Lenticulina fukushimaensis Asano 1949 (foram)

Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae

Full reference: K. Asano. 1949. Foraminifera from the Asagai Formation (Tertiary) of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Paleontology 23(5):473-478

Belongs to Lenticulina according to K. Asano 1949

Sister taxa: Lenticulina (Astacolus), Lenticulina (Lenticulina), Lenticulina (Planularia), Lenticulina (Robulus), Lenticulina convergens, Lenticulina degolyeri, Lenticulina inornata, Lenticulina midwayensis, Lenticulina mosesei, Lenticulina munsteri, Lenticulina planulata, Lenticulina rancocasensis, Lenticulina rosetta, Lenticulina rotulata, Lenticulina tomikii, Lenticulina ulatisensis, Lenticulina varians, Lenticulina variolata, Lenticulina wichmanni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yumoto [Asagai Fm], which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone in the Asagai Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Yumoto [Asagai Fm]

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.