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Assilina alpina

Nummulitidae

Taxonomy

Assilina alpina was named by Douville (1916). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. azilensis, A. cuvillieri, A. dandotica, A. daviesi, A. exponens, A. granulosa, A. laxispira, A. leymeriei, A. marinellii, A. placentula, A. placentula, A. plana, A. prisca, A. ramaraoi, A. ranikotensis, A. schwageri, A. spinosa, A. spira, A. spira, A. subspinosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Assilina alpina Douville

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
suborder	Rotaliina	Delage and Herouard 1896

Rank	Name	Author
superfamily	Nummulitacea	Blainville 1827
family	Nummulitidae	Blainville 1827
genus	Assilina
species	alpina	Douville 1916

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.

†Assilina alpina Douville 1916

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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy	Assilina alpina (147704 147798 147799 147800)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy (Vicenza)	Assilina alpina (276361 276364 276369 276772 276774 276776 276778 276780 276781 276782 276783 276784 276785 276786 276787 276788 276789)