Hormosina trinitatensis Cushman and Renz, 1946

Benedetti, A, 2017, Eocene / Oligocene deep-water agglutinated foraminifers (DWAF) assemblages from the Madonie Mountains (Sicily, Southern Italy), Palaeontologia Electronica 20 (1), pp. 1-66 : 36-37

Hormosina trinitatensis Cushman and Renz, 1946

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1946 Hormosina globulifera Brady var. trinitatensis ; Cushman and Renz, p. 14, pl. 1, figs. 15-19.

1995 Hormosina trinitatensis Cushman and Renz ; Bubík, p. 82, 83, pl. 9, fig. 3 (cum syn.).

2005 Hormosina trinitatensis Cushman and Renz ; Kaminski and Gradstein, p. 241, pl. 43, figs. 1- 11.

Material. Nine specimens from five samples.

Description. Test free, seriate, composed of 2–6 weakly embracing globular chambers increasing slowly in size. Wall medium to finely agglutinated.

Distribution. Late Campanian–Eocene ( Kaminski and Gradstein, 2005).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Scanning electron micrographs of Reophacidae (1-3), Hormosinidae (4-13), and Lituotubidae (14-20) from the Caltavuturo Formation cropping out at Portella Colla. 1, Reophax duplex Grzybowski, 1896, PC060624. 2, Reophax pilulifer Brady, 1884, PC13. 3, Reophax sp. 1, PC060615. 4-5, Hormosina velascoensis (Cushman, 1926), PC060617 (4) and PC11 (5). 6, Hormosina trinitatensis Cushman and Renz, 1946, PC11. 7, Hormosina sp. 1, PC060624. 8, Hormosina sp. 2, PC060615. 9-11, Pseudonodosinella elongata Grzybowski, 1898, PC11 (9), PC060601 (10) and PCs0 (11). 12-13, Pseudonodosinella nodulosa Brady, 1879, PC11 (12) and PC060617 (13). 14, Paratrochamminoides acervulatus (Grzybowski, 1896), PC13. 15, Paratrochamminoides deflexiformis (Noth, 1912), PC060615. 16, Lituotuba lituiformis (Brady, 1879), PC060615. 17, Paratrochamminoides sp. 1, PC060601. 18, Paratrochamminoides draco (Grzybowski, 1901), PC11. 19, Paratrochamminoides mitratus (Grzybowski, 1901), PCs0. 20, Conglophragmium deforme (Grzybowski, 1898), PC060623. Scale bar equals 0.5 mm.