Foraminifera - Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Alternative combinations: Globorotalia scitula, Hirsutella scitula, Pulvinulina scitula
Full reference: H. B. Brady. 1882. Report on the Foraminifera. Exploration of the Faroe Channel, during the summer of 1880, in H.M.S. "Knight Errant," with subsidiary reports: 11:708-717
Belongs to Globorotalia (Hirsutella) according to A. R. Lam and R. M. Leckie 2020
See also Gibson 1983, Hayashi et al. 2014 and Kennett and Srinivasan 1983
Sister taxa: Globorotalia (Hirsutella) bermudezi, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) challengeri, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) cibaoensis, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) juanai, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) margaritae, Globorotalia (Hirsutella) theyeri, Hirsutella hirsuta, Hirsutella praescitula
Subtaxa: Globorotalia scitula gigantea
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (26 collections), North Pacific (1), South Atlantic (1)
• G. truncatulinoides PRSZ of South Pacific (3)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (6)
• G. ruber PRZ of North Atlantic (1)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (203), North Atlantic (385), North Pacific (91), South Atlantic (37), South Pacific (114)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (56), North Pacific (2), South Atlantic (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of North Atlantic (7), North Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (66), North Atlantic (51), North Pacific (25), South Atlantic (26), South Pacific (23), Timor-Leste (22)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (20), South Atlantic (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1), Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (2), South Pacific (1), Timor-Leste (22)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (2)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Greece (1), Indian Ocean (73), Italy (1), North Atlantic (26), North Pacific (48), South Atlantic (27), South Pacific (9), Spain (1), Timor-Leste (17), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (6)
Total: 1421 collections including 1459 occurrences
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