Spirillina bendensis Harlton 1933 (foram)

Foraminifera - Spirillinina - Spirillinidae

Full reference: B. H. Harlton. 1933. Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale. Journal of Paleontology 7(1):3-29

Belongs to Spirillina according to B. H. Harlton 1933

Sister taxa: Spirillina conoidea, Spirillina infima, Spirillina polygyrata, Spirillina punctulata, Spirillina trochoides, Spirillina tuberculata

Type specimen: USNM 85508, a test. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. H-48, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. H-48

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