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Turborotalita quinqueloba

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy
Globigerina quinqueloba was named by Natland (1938). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Globigerina (Globigerina) quinqueloba by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983); it was recombined as Turborotalia quinqueloba by Expedition 323 Scientists (2011); it was recombined as Turborotalita quinqueloba by Pearson and Wade (2009), Lam and Leckie (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Globigerina quinqueloba Natland
1983Globigerina (Globigerina) quinqueloba Kennett and Srinivasan p. 32
2009Turborotalita quinqueloba Pearson and Wade
2011Turborotalia quinqueloba Expedition 323 Scientists
2020Turborotalita quinqueloba Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinoidea
RankNameAuthor
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusTurborotalitaBlow and Banner 1962
speciesquinqueloba()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Turborotalita quinqueloba Natland 1938
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. L. Natland 1938Test small, trochoid, roughly trapezoidal in side view, last convolution made up of five chambers rather rapidly increasing in size as added; chambers inflated, subspherical; walls roughened; sutures depressed; aperture an elongate slit with overhanging lip almost covering the umbilicus
J. P. Kennett and M. S. Srinivasan 1983Test small, slightly compressed, trochospiral, five chambers in the final whorl, rapidly increasing in size as added; chambers inflated, subglobular; final chamber distinctly spinose, early chambers with reticulate ridges and pore pits; sutures radial, depressed; aperture an elongate slit often at the end of flaplike extension of the final chamber