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Spirillina bendensis

Spirillinidae

Taxonomy
Spirillina bendensis was named by Harlton (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85508, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. H-48, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. elongata, S. infirma, S. perforata, S. tenuissima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Spirillina bendensis Harlton p. 9 figs. pl. 2, figs 3a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderSpirillininaHohenegger and Piller 1975
RankNameAuthor
familySpirillinidaeReuss and Fritsch 1861
genusSpirillinaReuss 1862
speciesbendensis

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.

†Spirillina bendensis Harlton 1933
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Diagnosis
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