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Helena

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae

Taxonomy
Helena was named by Hull (1997). It is the type genus of Heleninae.

It was assigned to Leugeonidae by Hull (1997); and to Heleninae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Helena Hull
2001Helena De Wever et al. p. 114

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyParvivaccidaePessagno and Yang 1989
subfamilyHeleninaeHull 1997
genusHelena

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. †Helena Hull 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Berriasian or 165.30000 to 141.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5USA (California) H. exquisita (50737)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0Russian Federation H. sp. (51289)