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Plectofrondicularia parri

Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Plectofrondiculariidae

Taxonomy
Plectofrondicularia parri was named by Finlay (1939). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Zeauvigerina parri by Fraass et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Plectofrondicularia parri Finlay
2024Zeauvigerina parri Fraass et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
orderPolymorphinida
RankNameAuthor
suborderPolymorphinina
familyPlectofrondiculariidae
genusPlectofrondicularia
speciesparri

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. J. Finlay 1939Shell very close to P. floridana Cushman from the Micoene of Florida (see for example U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Paper 175A, p. 22, pl. 7, fig. 11, 1933) and evidently representing that species in New Zealand. There are the same doubly sigmoid suture lines, high and broken medially, but flattening to almost horizontal at sides. There is the same narrowly elongate shell, oblong in section, with three keels forming each edge. The shape is slightly different, the New Zealand shell having a slightly smaller angle of expansion, especially in the later half where the sides tend to become subparallel. The most striking difference is in the sculpture; in floridana there is a single very short median costa over the first few chambers; in parri, though occasionally the shell is almost smooth, there are normally two costae, a little weaker than the keels and equally dividing the area between them, running more than halfway up the shell, occasionally with traces of a third.