Hirsutospirellidae

Hirsutospirellidae
Temporal range: Late Triassic (Norian)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Spirillinata
Order: Involutinida
Family: Hirsutospirellidae
Zaninetti,et al 1985

Hirsutospirellidae, established for the Upper Triassic genus Hirsutospirella is a family of Foraminifera within the Involutinida that produced calcareous tests with a proloculus followed by an undivided trochospirally enrolled tubular second chamber, in which the spiral side has prominent spinelike protrusions and umbilical side has a shallow umbilical filling.[1]

References

  1. Hirsutospirellidae Loeblich & Tappan, 1988 in GSI e-book
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