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Candeina nitida

Candeinidae

Taxonomy

Candeina nitida was named by d'Orbigny (1839). It is not extant. It is the type species of Candeina.

Subspecies

C. praenitida

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. praenitida

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1839	Candeina nitida d'Orbigny

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
superfamily	Globigerinoidea

Rank	Name	Author
family	Candeinidae
genus	Candeina
species	nitida

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.

†Candeina nitida d'Orbigny 1839

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†Candeina nitida praenitida Blow 1967

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Life habit:

semi-infaunalo

Diet:

omnivoreo

Created:

2007-11-28 00:47:02

Modified:

2009-05-20 05:31:44

Source: o = order

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (174 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (248919 248925 253159 253160 253161)
Miocene - Pliocene	23.04 - 2.58	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (253157)
NN7	11.9 - 10.9	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (249389)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (253257 255476)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Timor-Leste	Candeina nitida (141951 142383)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	South Pacific	Candeina nitida (249313)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (251368 253576 254075 254079 254080 254082 257183 257184 267129)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.63 - 3.6	Timor-Leste	Candeina nitida (142387 142665)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene	11.63 - 2.58	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (267695)
NN8	10.9 - 10.6	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (249382 249383)
NN9	10.6 - 9.6	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (249951)
NN11	8.25 - 5.6	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (249719 249720 253475)
NN11	8.25 - 5.6	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (244965 244968 249940 254174 256929)
NN12	5.6 - 5.0	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (249715)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (252220 252221 252222 252224 252225 252226 252227 252228 253245)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Timor-Leste	Candeina nitida (142982 142987 142988 143249)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (253135 253136 253139 253140 253142 253143 253144 253145 253146 253147 253149 253150 253151 253152 253154 258655)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (251360 251363 253370 254058 254063 257156 257160 267684 267694)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	South Pacific	Candeina nitida (249295 249306 249310)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	South Pacific	Candeina nitida (249291)
NN15	4.0 - 3.75	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (249713)
NN16	3.75 - 2.5	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (256896)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (249495 252208 252209 252212 255463 259633)
C2An.3n - Mammoth	3.596 - 3.207	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (247410)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (252199 253128 253129 255063 255064 255065 256079)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	North Atlantic	Candeina nitida (265938 265940 265941)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (254048 254053)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	North Pacific	Candeina nitida (251348 251352 251823 251825 252599 253441 254039 254040 254041 254042 267675)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (249488 250902 258633 258634 258635 258637 258640 258643 258648)
NN19	1.9 - 0.42	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (244697 244701 244935 249977 253289 254707 254720 256862 256866)
NN19 - NN20	1.9 - 0.29	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (244693)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (252185 252186 252191 252194 253118 253119 253121 253122 253123 255059 256070 256071 256072)
NN20	0.42 - 0.29	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (244930 249976 250514 254155 257819)
NN20 - NN21	0.42 - 0.0	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (244685 244689)
NN21	0.29 - 0.0	North Atlantic	Candeina nitida (262059 262064)
NN21	0.29 - 0.0	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (248674 248983 248990 252946 254150 256855 256856 257884)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Indian Ocean	Candeina nitida (253111)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	North Atlantic	Candeina nitida (265930 265931 267001 267002 267004 267016 267946 267952 267955 267956 267960 267961 267962 267963)