Neodiscidae Lin 1984
Abstract
Family Neodiscidae Lin, 1984 nom. translat. and emend. Gaillot & Vachard 2007; emend. herein Description (emended) Medium- to large-sized miliolid composed of a spherical proloculus followed by an undivided deuteroloculus with different types of coiling: entirely glomospiral, initially glomospiral and then planispiral (or aligned) involute, glomospiral becoming planispiral evolute or semi-involute, glomospiral then irregular planispiral involute/semi-evolute(?), initially quinqueloculinoid then planispiral involute or evolute. The following chamber is semicircular in axial section and sometimes with flosculinisations. Pseudosepta present in few genera. Thick porcelanaceous wall with buttresses and sometimes with perforations similar to comb teeth-shaped structure. Aperture terminal, simple. Subfamilies Neodiscinae Lin, 1984; Baisalininae Loeblich & Tappan, 1986 nomen translat. Pronina 1994; Agathammininae Ciarapica, Cirilli & Zaninetti, 1987; Multidiscinae Vachard & Krainer, 2022; Globidiscinae subfam. nov.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
Protist diversity and phylogeny
Marine Biology and Ecology Research
Publication details
- Publication date
- 25 February 2026
- Language
- EN