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Lenticulinella

Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae

Taxonomy
Lenticulinella was named by Samyschkina (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno]. It was considered unknown by Bartenstein (2001).

It was assigned to Lenticulinellinae by Bartenstein (2001); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Lenticulinella Samyschkina p. 116 fig. 2a
2001Lenticulinella Bartenstein pp. 291-292
2002Lenticulinella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderVaginulinida
familyVaginulinidaeReuss 1860
subfamilyLenticulinellinae
genusLenticulinella

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. †Lenticulinella Samyschkina 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Bartenstein 2001G in habitus' Lenticulina'-like; Cross-section narrow elliptical with the strongest curvature. Umbilical area, widened towards the mouth, tapering towards the back. G surface glassy smooth. Kiel strong, glassy-transparent, integrated into the G-wall, but less often also stronger, because wider, protruding from it, but none forming a real hem. Relatively many chambers in the last encounter (up to 13 1/2) of which in the smoothest G-part up to seven are very close together standing ('sticky') chambers and up to six normal widths trained chambers only have up to eight chambers.
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
No collection or age range data are available