Spirophthalmidium Cushman 1927 (foram)

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Ophthalmidiidae

Full reference: J. A. Cushman . 1927. An outline of a reclassification of the foraminifera. Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research 3(1):1-105

Parent taxon: Ophthalmidiidae according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1988

See also Cushman 1927

Sister taxa: Cornuloculina, Edentostomina, Eoophthalmidium, Gsollbergella, Hauerinella, Hydrania, Karaburunia, Ophthalmina, Opthalmidiinae, Paraophthalmidium, Praeophthalmidium

Subtaxa: none

Type: Spiroloculina acutimargo

Ecology: stationary epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Egypt (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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