Family STROBILIDIIDAE Kahl in Doflein & Reichenow, 1929
Peristomial field entirely apical, with uniquely "closed" circlet of apical
membranelles; somatic ciliature, though not conspicuous, present (e.g., in
slightly spiraled, widely spaced longitudinal rows in some species); found
in both fresh-water and marine habitats, with one species an inquiline of
echinoids.
[Fauré-Fremiet's (1970a) recent resurrection of "Torquatella"
has complicated matters nomenclaturally, since that name has been not only
a junior synonym for 100 years but also a junior homonym! I am here proposing
the generic replacement name of Patronella (in honor of my one-time
"Patron," the late "Monsieur Fauré"), but am suggesting that we leave
the homonym-based (and, therefore, invalid), ancient familial name of (Kent's)
Torquatellidae unreplaced, carrying it simply as a "synonym" of
Strobilidiidae. Strobilidium itself, incidentally, seems to
show very close affiniry to members of the following suborder. Although I
am provisionally leaving it in the present suborder, Oligotrichina,
it is thought to be more like a tintinnine than a halteriid or a strombidiid
by a number of workers (e.g., Deroux).]
Patronella Corliss 1979
(for Torquatella Lankester, 1874
[hom. of Torquatella Held, 1837 (mollusc)] ).
Single (and type-) species,
P. typica (Lankester, 1874) |
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Strobilidium Schewiakoff, 1893
(syns. Strombilidium, Turbilina).
Many species. |
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Strombidinopsis Kent, 1881.
Few species. |
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Ciliospina Leegaard, 1915,
single species; |
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Lohmanniella Leegaard, 1915,
few species; |
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Sphaerotrichium Wulff, 1919
(syns. Sphaerotrichum, Spherotrichum),
single species. |
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