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Buccinosphaera

Protozoa - Collodaria - Collosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Buccinosphaera was named by Haeckel (1887). It is extant.

It was assigned to Collosphaeridae by De Wever et al. (2001).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Buccinosphaera Haeckel
2001Buccinosphaera De Wever et al. p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderCollodariaHaeckel 1881
familyCollosphaeridaeMüller 1858
genusBuccinosphaeraHaeckel 1887

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. Buccinosphaera Haeckel 1887
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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 NN21 to the top of the Holocene or 0.29000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific B. invaginata (253647)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean B. invaginata (257493)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific B. invaginata (257514)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific B. invaginata (255100 255101)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific B. invaginata (249239)