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Rotorbinella packardi

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae

Taxonomy

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Rotorbinella packardi Bandy pp. 90-91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
orderRotaliidaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDiscorboidea
familyDiscorbidaeEhrenberg 1838
genusRotorbinellaBandy 1944
speciespackardi

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.

Rotorbinella packardi Bandy 1949
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. L. Bandy 1949Test rather large, oval in side view, biconvex in edge view, strongly convex dorsally, moderately convex ventrally; edge angled, bluntly keeled, periphery slightly lobulate, chambers 8 to 10 in the last whorl increasing gradually in size, not inflated; whorls not involute on the dorsal side, the earlier ones somewhat obscured by the coalescing of strong heavy thickening along both the spiral and radial sutures; ventral side with a large umbilical plug projecting slightly above the surface; sutures on the dorsal side slightly curved, oblique, with heavily raised and irregular thickening which obscures much of the spire ordinarily; sutures on the ventral side flush or slightly thickened and raised, slightly oblique, gently curved; wall coarsely perforate; aperture a low, broad arch at the base of the septal face, about midway between periphery and boss. Diameter, 1.07 mm. ; thickness, 0.57 mm.
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
Collections
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