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Orbiculiforma multa

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae

Taxonomy

Spongodiscus multus was named by Kozlova (1966).

It was recombined as Orbiculiforma multa by Amon (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

O. catenaria, O. helios, O. impressa, O. monticelloensis, O. persenex, O. railensis, O. sacramentoensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1966	Spongodiscus multus Kozlova
1990	Orbiculiforma multa Amon

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Rank	Name	Author
—	Life
—	Eukaryota	()
class	Protozoa	Goldfuss 1820
subphylum	Sarcodina	Schmarda 1871
class	Reticularea	Lankester 1885
subclass	Radiolaria	(Müller 1858)

Rank	Name	Author
order	Spumellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
superfamily	Pyloniacea	Haeckel 1881
family	Orbiculiformidae	Pessagno 1973
genus	Orbiculiforma	Pessagno 1973
species	multa	(Kozlova 1966)

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.

†Orbiculiforma multa Kozlova 1966

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

silicap

Environment:

marinep

Locomotion:

passively mobilep

Life habit:

planktonicp

Diet:

omnivorep

Created:

2005-01-28 01:13:47

Modified:

2005-01-28 03:13:47

Source: p = phylum

Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast)	Orbiculiforma multa (95912)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast)	Orbiculiforma multa (95913 95982)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Russian Federation (Vladimir)	Orbiculiforma multa (95996)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Russian Federation (Kaluga)	Orbiculiforma multa (95988)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Denmark	Orbiculiforma multa (62501 62505)
Middle Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Denmark	Orbiculiforma multa (62506 62507 62510)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Russian Federation (Vladimir)	Orbiculiforma multa (95985)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast)	Orbiculiforma multa (95980)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast)	Orbiculiforma multa (95977)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast)	Orbiculiforma multa (95978)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Russian Federation (Vladimir)	Spongodiscus multus (95994)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Poland	Spongodiscus multus (95794)