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Crassispirella

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Neodiscidae

Taxonomy
Crassispirella was named by Gaillot and Vachard (2007). Its type is Crassispirella hughesi.

It was assigned to Neodiscidae by Gaillot and Vachard (2007).

Species
C. hughesi (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Crassispira lyopleura, C. lyopleura

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Crassispirella Gaillot and Vachard p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyCornuspiroidea(Schultze 1854)
familyNeodiscidaeLin 1984
genusCrassispirella

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. †Crassispirella Gaillot and Vachard 2007
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†Crassispirella hughesi Gaillot and Vachard 2007
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Gaillot and D. Vachard 2007Test similar to Hoyenella emend. herein, but larger, thick-walled and relatively small initial glomospiral stage. Test consists of a proloculus followed by an undivided chamber. Planispiral coiling evolute. Some initial whorls are faintly glomospirally coiled. Aperture termi- nal simple. Thick porcelaneous wall.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Piacenzian or 254.14000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian - Changhsingian264.28 - 251.902Iran (Fars) C. sp., C. hughesi (218381)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902United Arab Emirates C. sp. (218382)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Türkiye (Diyarbakir) C. hughesi (218550)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran (Fars) C. sp. (218323)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Crassispira sp. (79991)