REICHELINA Erk, 1942

 

 

Type species: Reichelina cribroseptata Erk, 1942; OD.Reichelina Erk, 1942 (*1111), p. 249.

Reichelina Erk, 1941 (*MO), p. 137 (name not available, ICZN Art. 13 (b), type species not described).

Test small, lenticular, early stage planispirally enrolled and involute, whorls enlarging gradually, periphery subangular, final whorl increasing rapidly in height and uncoiling to appear almost peneropliform, septa arched forward, particularly in the later uncoiling stage; wall with tectum and diaphanotheca, secondary deposits consist of broad chomata, extending and thickening poleward from the tunnel, tunnel subtriangular with rounded angles, septa also with pores. U. Permian; USSR: Caucasus, Crimea, central Asia; China; Southeast Asia; Greece; Turkey; North America.