Sigmoilinita
Sigmoilinita Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
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Class: | Tubothalamea
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Superfamily: | Miliolacea
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Family: | Hauerinidae
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Genus: | Sigmoilinita Seiglie, 1965
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Sigmoilinita is a miliolid genus (Foraminifera) with an ovate to fusuform test that becomes flattened with growth. Chambers are tubular, one-half coil in length, at first added in a sigmoiline (S-shaped) series starting at slightly more than 180° apart. the angle gradually decreasing until the later whorls are planispiral. Chambers are numerous, the wall narrow. imperforate, porcelaneous. The aperture at the end of the final chamber. may have a weakly developed tooth
References[]
- Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan,1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification. E-book [1]
Categories:
- Tubothalamea
- Foraminifera genera
- Extant Miocene first appearances