Involutinidae

Trocholina conica, from Schlumberger (1898).

Belongs within: Spirillinana.

The Involutinidae are a Mesozoic assemblage of foraminiferans with a tubular, enrolled test (Loeblich & Tappan 1964).

Characters (Loeblich & Tappan 1964): Test tubular and enrolled, with secondary deposits in umbilical region on one or both sides; wall calcareous perforate, lamellar, microgranular.

<==Involutinidae [Involutininae]
    |--Bancilina Neagu 1995M13
    |--Neohemigordius Wang & Sun 1973HW93
    |--Hensonina Moullade & Peybernes 1974HW93
    |--Semiinvoluta Kristan 1957LT64
    |    `--*S. clari Kristan 1957LT64
    |--Involutina Terquem 1862 [=Arinvolutoum Rhumbler 1913; incl. Arproblematoum Rhumbler 1913, Problematina Bornemann 1874]LT64
    |    |--I. liassica (Jones in Brodie 1853) [=Nummulites liassicus; incl. *I. jonesi Terquem & Piette in Terquem 1862]LT64
    |    `--I. deslongchampsi Terquem 1864 [=*Arproblematoum deslongchampsi, *Problematina deslongchampsi]LT64
    `--Trocholina Paalzow 1922 [incl. Neotrocholina Reichel 1956, Trochonella Kristan 1957]LT64
         |--*T. conica (Schlumberger 1898) [=Involutina conica]LT64
         |--T. alpinaGM-C02
         |--T. crassa Kristan 1957 [=T. (*Trochonella) crassa]LT64
         `--T. valdensis (Reichel 1956) [=*Neotrocholina valdensis]LT64

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[GM-C02] Gomez, B., C. Martín-Closas, G. Barale, N. Solé de Porta, F. Thévenard & G. Guignard. 2002. Frenelopsis (Coniferales: Cheirolepidiaceae) and related male organ genera from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain. Palaeontology 45 (5): 997–1036.

[HW93] Hart, M. B., & C. L. Williams. 1993. Protozoa. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 43–70. Chapman & Hall: London.

[LT64] Loeblich, A. R., Jr & H. Tappan. 1964. 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.

[M13] Mikhalevich, V. I. 2013. New insight into the systematics and evolution of the Foraminifera. Micropaleontology 59 (6): 493–527.

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