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Larcospira

Polycystinea - Spumellaria - Pyloniidae

Taxonomy
Larcospira was named by Haeckel (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyloniinae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Broehl on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Larcospira Haeckel
2001Larcospira De Wever et al. p. 150
2002Larcospira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPyloniidaeHaeckel 1881
subfamilyPyloniinaeDumitrica 1989
genusLarcospiraHaeckel 1887

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.

G. Larcospira Haeckel 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific L. quadrangula (262428 266890 266891)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific L. minor (253647)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific L. quadrangula (266882 266883)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific L. minor (255100)