Foraminifera - Globigerinaceae - Heterohelicidae
Parent taxon: Heterohelicidae according to G. Keller 2002
See also Bertels 1970 and Pessagno 1967
Sister taxa: Bolivinitinae, Guembelininae, Pavonininae, Planoheterohelix, Pseudoguembelina, Rectoguembelina, Spiroplectininae, Woodringina, Zeauvigerina
Subtaxa: Gublerina Guembelina Heterohelix Planoglobulina Pseudotextularia Racemiguembelina
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), Iran (1), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), Nigeria (2), North Atlantic (1), United States (2: Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Paleocene of Egypt (45), Indian Ocean (1), Libya (1), Peru (1), South Pacific (1), Tunisia (46), United States (9: Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Argentina (7), Benin (1), Canada (20: Alberta, British Columbia), Chile (1), Colombia (2), Egypt (47), Greece (2), Indian Ocean (3), Italy (5), Mexico (4), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (8), North Pacific (4), Poland (1), South Atlantic (1), Tunisia (75), the United Kingdom (65), United States (14: Texas)
Total: 378 collections including 1623 occurrences