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Alveolina elliptica

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Alveolina elliptica Sowerby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyAlveolinaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyAlveolinidaeEhrenberg 1839
genusAlveolina
speciesellipticaSowerby 1840

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.

Alveolina elliptica Sowerby 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Rupelian41.03 - 27.3Greece (Ionian Islands) Alveolina elliptica (276172 276173)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Alveolina elliptica (79073)