Prantlitina
Genus of shelled amoebae
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Prantlitina is a poorly studied genus of testate amoebae discovered in 1957 in Namurian freshwater sediments from the Ostrava-Karviná coal district, in former Czechoslovakia.[1] It was placed in the order Thecamoebina in the defunct class Sarcodina. Later, in 1993, it was recognized as the earliest fossil member of the family Difflugiidae, order Arcellinida,[2] but after that year it does not appear in any classification of Arcellinida or any other group.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Tubulinea |
| Order: | Arcellinida |
| Family: | Difflugiidae |
| Genus: | Prantlitina Vašíček & Růžička 1957 |
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Etymology
The name Prantlitina was chosen in honor of the Czechoslovak palaeontologist Dr. Ferdinand Prantl.[1]
Taxonomy
According to the original description, Prantlitina contains two subgenera and 6 species, of which only 4 are described and named; the remaining two were left undescribed until a future moment where the study material would be better.[1]
- Subgenus Prantlitina Vašíček & Růžička 1957
- P. (Prantlitina) prantli Vašíček & Růžička 1957
- P. (Prantlitina) šustai Vašíček & Růžička 1957
- P. (Prantlitina) remeši Vašíček & Růžička 1957
- Subgenus Prantlitinopsis Vašíček & Růžička 1957
- P. (Prantlitinopsis) štúri Vašíček & Růžička 1957
- P. (Prantlitinopsis) sp. (two undescribed species)