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Agathammina pusilla

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae

Taxonomy
Serpula pusilla was named by Geinitz (1848).

It was recombined as Spirillina pusilla by King (1856); it was recombined as Trochammina pusilla by Jones et al. (1869); it was recombined as Ammodiscus pusillus by Chapman (1895); it was recombined as Agathammina pusilla by Pattison (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. austoplana, A. iranica, A. milioloides, A. ovata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Serpula pusilla Geinitz p. 6 figs. Pl 3, figs 3-6
1850Serpula pusilla King p. 57 figs. Pl 6, figs 7-9; pl 18, figs 13a-d
1856Spirillina pusilla King p. 73 figs. Pl 1, fig 12
1861Serpula pusilla Geinitz p. 39 figs. Pl 10, figs 15-21; pl 12, fig 1
1869Trochammina pusilla Jones et al.
1895Ammodiscus pusillus Chapman p. 318
1970Agathammina pusilla Pattison p. 136 fig. 4l

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyCornuspiroidea(Schultze 1854)
familyHemigordiopsidaeNikitina 1969
genusAgathamminaNeumayr 1887
speciespusilla(Geinitz 1848)

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.

†Agathammina pusilla Geinitz 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Rhaetian or 290.10000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Artinskian298.9 - 279.3Japan Agathammina pusilla (129086)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Japan Agathammina pusilla (128974)
Kungurian - Capitanian279.3 - 259.51Japan Agathammina pusilla (128990)
Murgabian273.01 - 267.0Italy Agathammina pusilla (75029)
Guadalupian273.01 - 259.51Japan Agathammina pusilla (128971)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand Agathammina pusilla (128238)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Indonesia Agathammina pusilla (75571)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Agathammina pusilla (211658)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan Agathammina pusilla (128967)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Armenia Agathammina pusilla (97383 97384 97395 110809)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Agathammina pusilla (128952)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Azerbaijan Agathammina pusilla (110674 110877 110880)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Serpula pusilla (43673 130765)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania Agathammina pusilla (45952 46158 46159 46170)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Armenia Agathammina pusilla (110770)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Spirillina pusilla (208912)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran (Fars) Agathammina pusilla (218322)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Hungary Agathammina pusilla (61368)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy (South Tyrol) Agathammina pusilla (218729 218730 218735)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Agathammina pusilla (112084 217353 217362 217366 217368 217389 217392 217399 217400)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5India Agathammina pusilla (85463)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Ammodiscus pusillus (200948)