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Spirolina

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Peneroplidae

Taxonomy
Spirolina was named by Lamarck (1804) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spirolininae by Cushman (1927); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Peneroplidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988) and Margerel (2012).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Spirolina Lamarck
1927Spirolina Cushman p. 54
1988Spirolina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Spirolina Sepkoski
2012Spirolina Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyPeneroplidaeRenss 1860
genusSpirolinaLamarck 1804

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. Spirolina Lamarck 1804
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Spirolina cylindracea Lamarck 1804
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available