Foraminifera - Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Alternative combination: Textularia globulosa
Belongs to Heterohelix according to G. Keller et al. 1995
See also Bertels 1970, Keller et al. 2007 and Pessagno 1967
Sister taxa: Heterohelix americana, Heterohelix dentata, Heterohelix navarroensis, Heterohelix planata, Heterohelix striata
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Nigeria (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Egypt (31), Tunisia (31)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (6), Benin (1), Canada (18: Alberta), Colombia (2), Egypt (29), Italy (3), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), South Atlantic (1), Tunisia (63), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 190 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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