Spirolina Lamarck 1804 (foram)
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Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Peneroplidae
Parent taxon: Peneroplidae according to J.-P. Margerel 2012
See also Cushman 1927, Loeblich and Tappan 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Archiacina, Coscinospira, Dendritina, Laevipeneroplis, Monalysidium, Orbitolitinae, Penarchaias, Renulina, Spirolininae, Vandenbroeckia
Subtaxa: Spirolina cylindracea
Ecology: stationary epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Egypt (2 collections)
• Miocene of Austria (1)
• Oligocene of Iran (2), Italy (1)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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