Homotrematidae

Examples of Carpenteria proteiformis, from Cushman (1921).

Belongs within: Rotaliida.

The Homotrematidae are a group of attached Foraminifera known from the Upper Cretaceous to the present day (Loeblich & Tappan 1964b).

Characters (from Loeblich & Tappan 1964b): Test attached, early chambers irregularly trochospiral, later variously modified; wall coarsely perforate.

<==Homotrematidae
    |--Homotrematidae LT64b
    |    |--Homotrema Hickson 1911 C40
    |    |    `--*H. rubrum (Lamarck 1816) [=Millepora rubra] C40
    |    |--Sporadotrema Hickson 1911 LT64b
    |    |    `--*S. cylindricum (Carter 1880) [=Polytrema cylindricum] C40
    |    `--Miniacina Galloway 1933 [incl. Pustularia Gray 1848 non Swainson 1840] LT64b
    |         |--*M. miniacea (Pallas 1766) LT64b [=Millepora miniacea C40, Polytrema mineaccum LT64a]
    |         `--‘*Pustularia’ rosea Gray 1858 LT64b
    `--Victoriellinae [Victoriellidae] LT64a
         |--Victoriella Chapman & Crespin 1930 C40
         |    `--V. conoidea (Rutten 1914) (see below for synonymy) LT64b
         |--Maslinella Glaessner & Wade 1959 LT64b
         |    `--*M. chapmani Glaessner & Wade 1959 LT64b
         |--Eorupertia Yabe & Hanzawa 1925 (see below for synonymy) LT64b
         |    |--*E. boninensis (Yabe & Hanzawa 1922) [=*Uhligina boninensis] LT64b
         |    |--E. magna (Le Calvez 1949) [=*Gyroidinella magna] LT64b
         |    `--‘Gyroidina’ protea Cushman & Bermúdez 1937 [=*Neogyroidina protea] LT64b
         `--Carpenteria Gray 1858 LT64b (see below for synonymy)
              |--*C. balaniformis Gray 1858 C40
              |--‘*Rhaphidodendron’ album Möbius 1876 (n. d.) LT64b
              |--C. conica (Belford 1960) [=*Haerella conica] LT64b
              |--C. cubana (Cushman & Bermúdez 1936) [=*Neocarpenteria cubana] LT64b
              |--C. monticularis VV77
              |--C. proteiformis C40
              |--C. rotaliformis Q72
              |--C. truncata (Bermúdez 1949) [=*Carpenterella truncata, *Bermudezella truncata] LT64b
              `--C. utricularis C40

Carpenteria Gray 1858 LT64b [incl. Bermudezella Thalmann 1951 LT64b, Carpenterella Bermúdez 1949 non Collenette 1933 LT64b, Haerella Belford 1960 LT64b, Neocarpenteria Cushman & Bermúdez 1936 LT64b, Rhaphidodendron Möbius 1876 C40, LT64b]

Eorupertia Yabe & Hanzawa 1925 [=Uhligina Yabe & Hanzawa 1922 non Schubert 1899; incl. Gyroidinella Le Calvez 1949, Neogyroidina Bermúdez 1949] LT64b

Victoriella conoidea (Rutten 1914) [=Carpenteria conoidea; incl. C. proteiformis var. plecte Chapman 1921, *Victoriella plecte] LT64b

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[C40] Cushman, J. A. 1940. Foraminifera: Their classification and economic use 3^rd ed. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[LT64a] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964a. Sarcodina: chiefly “thecamoebians” and Foraminiferida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt C. Protista 2 vol. 1. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press.

[LT64b] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964b. Sarcodina: chiefly “thecamoebians” and Foraminiferida. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt C. Protista 2 vol. 2. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press.

[Q72] Quilty, P. G. 1972. The biostratigraphy of the Tasmanian marine Tertiary. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 106: 25–44.

[VV77] Vervoort, W., & P. Vasseur. 1977. Hydroids from French Polynesia with notes on distribution and ecology. Zoologische Verhandelingen 159: 1–98.