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Operculinella

Nummulitidae

Taxonomy
Operculinella was named by Yabe (1918). It is extant. It was considered unknown by Yabe (1918).

It was assigned to Nummulitidae by Yabe (1918), Cushman (1927).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Operculinella Yabe
1927Operculinella Cushman p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyNummulitaceaBlainville 1827
familyNummulitidaeBlainville 1827
genusOperculinella

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. Operculinella Yabe 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda O. antiguensis (94180 94182 94185)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Tanzania O. sp. (42455)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia O. philippinensis (79082)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) O. sp. (41473)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia O. cumingii (109502)