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Spirillinida

NB This site is under active development, current content in the main database is primarily from Bolli et al 1994, Hayward et al. 2012, Holbourn et al. 2013, Holbourn and Kaminski 1997, Alegret & Thomas 2001, and Katz et al. 2003. It is intended to expand and develop this to provide rather comprehensive coverage of Mesozoic and Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminifera.


Classification: bf_main -> Spirillinida
Sister taxa: Rotaliana, Nodosariana, Miliolida, Robertinida ⟩⟨ Textulariana, Astrorhizida, Hormosinana, Spirillinida, hidden
Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)Granddaughter taxa
Test formed of proloculus & 1 long chamber
Ammodiscus
Coiling planispiral
Ammodiscus cretaceus
Ammodiscus glabratus
Ammodiscus infimus
Ammodiscus latus
Ammodiscus macilentus
Ammodiscus pennyi
Ammodiscus peruvianus
Ammodiscus tenuis
Ammodiscus tenuissimus
Ammodiscus sp.

Annectina
Coiling initially milioline, then planispiral
Annectina biedai
Annectina grzybowskii
Annectina sp.

Glomospira
Coiling trochospiral
Glomospira charoides
Glomospira diffundens
Glomospira glomerata Grzybowski, 1898
Glomospira gordialis
Glomospira irregularis
Glomospira serpens
Glomospira sp.

Glomospirella
Coiling initially glomospiral, then planispiral
Glomospirella diffundens
Glomospirella gaultina
Glomospirella sp.

Spirillina

Spirillina minima
Spirillina sp.

Multiple, long chambers
Patellina
Conical trochospiral
Patellina corrugata
Patellina subcretacea
Patellina sp.

Taxonomy

Citation: Spirillinida Hohenegger & Piller, 1975
Taxonomic rank: order
Taxonomic discussion: The order Spirillinida is predominantly coposed of agglutinating foraminifera (families Patellinidae, Planispiriillinidae, Raskelinielidae) but confusingly it includes the family Spirillinidae the tests of which are formed of a single crystal of calcite. From molecular genetics the Spirilinida are the sister group of the Miliolida and together consitute the  class Tubothalamea Pawlowski, Holzmann & Tyszka, 2013

Catalog entries: Spirillinida

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (bf_main):
This taxon: tubular chambers

NB These concise distinguishing features statements are used in the tables of daughter-taxa to act as quick summaries of the differences between e.g. species of one genus.
They are being edited as the site is developed and comments on them are especially welcome.

Description


Wall composition:
agglutinated

Search data:
Final whorl chambers: 0->0
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

Biogeography and Palaeobiology


Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Early Cretaceous Epoch (100.50-143.10Ma, base in Berriasian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:
NB The ranges given for genera and higher taxa are the total ranges of species included in that taxon in this database - so the true total range of the taxon will usually be longer

References:

Hohenegger, J. & Piller, W. (1975). Wandstrukturen und Grossgliederung der Foraminiferen. Sitzungsberichte Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 184: 67-96. gs

Pawlowski, J., Holzmann, M. & Tyszka, J. (2013). New supraordinal classification of Foraminifera: Molecules meet morphology. Marine Micropaleontology. 100: 1-10. gs

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From a stratigraphic range perspective this lacks credibility. Ammodiscus, Glomospirella and Glomospira are well known and illustrated from the Palaeozoic and Triassic.

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Hi David

Thank you for that comment - the problem here is that the program determines the ranges of genera and higher taxa by aggregating the ranges of included species. This works well for planktic forams and nannofossils where the coverage is comprehensive but is less satisfactory for benthic forams where coverage is very selective. We probably should change this and give literature based ranges for genera. In the interim i will make it more explicit that the ranges are only for species in this database.

Jeremy