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Globigerinella obesa

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy
Globorotalia obesa was named by Bolli (1957).

It was recombined as Globigerinopsis obesa by Expedition 372/375 Scientists (2019); it was recombined as Globigerinella obesa by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Darbas and Gül (2019), Lam and Leckie (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Globorotalia obesa Bolli p. 119
1983Globigerinella obesa Kennett and Srinivasan p. 234
2019Globigerinella obesa Darbas and Gül
2019Globigerinopsis obesa Expedition 372/375 Scientists
2020Globigerinella obesa Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinoidea
RankNameAuthor
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusGlobigerinella
speciesobesa()

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.

Globigerinella obesa Bolli 1957
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Bolli 1957Shape of test very low trochospiral; equatorial periphery strongly lobate; axial periphery rounded. Wall calcareous, perforate, surface finely pitted, in well preserved specimens with fine, short spines. Chambers strongly inflated, spherical; 10-12, arranged in 2-2K whorls; the 4-4}^ chambers of the last whorl increase rapidly in size. Sutures on spiral side radial, strongly depressed; on umbilical side radial, strongly depressed. Umbilicus fairly wide, deep. Aperture a medium to high arch without lip or rim; interiomarginal, umbilical-extraumbilical. Coiling random. Largest diameter of holotype 0.5 mm.
J. P. Kennett and M. S. Srinivasan 1983Test low trochospiral, equatorial periphery strongly lobulate; axial periphery
broadly rounded; chambers spherical, strongly inflated, four to four and one-half rapidly increasing chambers in the final whorl, sutures radial, depressed; surface densely perforated with circular to subcircular pores and elevated circular spine bases (PI. 59, Fig. 2). On early chambers, the spine bases tend to coalesce into regular ridges. Umbilicus wide, deep; aperture a low to medium arch without a lip or rim, interiomarginal, umbilical- extraumbilical.