Neodiscidae Lin 1984

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Authors: Cengız Okuyucu, Melikan Akbaş
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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

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Publication date
25 February 2026
Language
EN