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Turrispirillina

Spirillinidae

Taxonomy
Turrispirillina was named by Cushman (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1051]. It is extant. Its type is Spirillina conoidea.

It was assigned to Turrispirillininae by Cushman (1927); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Spirillinidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Turrispirillina Cushman p. 73
2002Turrispirillina Sepkoski
2003Turrispirillina Kiessling

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

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. Turrispirillina Cushman 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-26 01:07:08
Modified: 2007-11-26 03:07:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Sevatian or 242.00000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy T. sp. (20659)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany T. prealpina (45427)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) T. sp. (38148)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Turkey T. sp. (73893 73896 73900)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Sicily) T. sp. (36454)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia T. minima (85059 100089)