Subfamily Valvulininae Berthelin 1880 (foram)

Foraminifera - Lituolida - Lituolidae

Parent taxon: Verneuilinidae according to A. Bertels 1964

See also Margerel 2012

Sister taxa: Duotaxis, Eggerellina, Heterostomella, Spiroplectammininae, Tritaxilina, Uvigerinammina, Verneuilininae

Subtaxa: Clavulina Cribrobulimina Cribrogoesella Dorothia Valvulina

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Egypt (1), France (1), Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of India (1), New Zealand (2)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1), Puerto Rico (1), United States (1: California)

• Eocene of Hungary (2), Iraq (5), Libya (1), Spain (3)

• Paleocene of Croatia (1), French Guiana (13), Iraq (11), Oman (6), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (1), Suriname (2), Ukraine (4)

• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Canada (1: British Columbia), Chile (5), Egypt (1), France (2), Germany (2), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), Romania (1), South Africa (21), Tanzania (4), Tunisia (32), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (5)

• Jurassic of Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (1)

• Permian of Italy (1)

Total: 150 collections including 183 occurrences

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