Discorbinella Cushman and Martin 1935 (foram)

Foraminifera - Rotaliina - Discorbinellidae

Synonym: Discopulvinulina Hofker 1951

Full reference: J. A. Cushman and L. T. Martin. 1935. A new genus of Foraminifera, Discorbinella, from Monterey Bay, California. Contributions from the Cushman laboratory for foraminiferal research 11(4):89-90

Parent taxon: Discorbinellidae according to J. Hofker 1951

See also Loeblich and Tappan 1987, Margerel 2012 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Discorbinellinae, Parvicarinina

Subtaxa: Discorbinella bertheloti

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• NN21 of Indian Ocean (4 collections), North Pacific (1)

• G. truncatulinoides PRSZ of Indian Ocean (2)

• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (84), North Pacific (33), South Pacific (6)

• NN16 of Indian Ocean (1), South Pacific (2)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Pacific (1)

• Pliocene of Greece (1), Indian Ocean (25), North Pacific (3), South Pacific (1)

• NN12 of South Pacific (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Indian Ocean (1)

• Miocene of Indian Ocean (10), South Pacific (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Indian Ocean (1)

• Eocene of Indian Ocean (4)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 187 collections including 191 occurrences

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