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
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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