PARRINA Cushman, 1931

 

 

Type species. Nubecularia bradyi Millett, 1898 (*2141), p. 261 (nom. subst. pro Nubecularia inflata Brady, 1884 ( *344 ), p. 135, non Nubecularia inflata Terquem. 1876); OD.Parrina Cushman, 1931 (*758), p. 20 (nom. subst. pro Silvestria Schubert, 1921).Silvestria Schubert, 1921 (*2823), p. 166 (non Silvestria Verhoeff, 1895 nec Brian. 1902): type species: obj.Erichsenella Tinoco, 1955 (*3197), p. 19; type species:Erichsenella kegeli Tinoco. 1955; OD.Test elongate, early stage ovoid and chambers one-half coil in length in a quinqueloculine or cryptoquinqueloculine arrangement, later with a few irregular uncoiled chambers; wall calcareous, imperforate, porcelaneous; aper­ture terminal, bordered by a thickened lip, and commonly with two or more openings that may be produced on short necks on the final chamber. Holocene; W. Pacific: Fiji Islands; Atlantic Ocean: off Brazil.