Rotaliacea

[rō‚tal·ē′ā·shə]

(invertebrate zoology)

A superfamily of foraminiferans in the suborder Rotaliina characterized by a planispiral or trochospiral test having apertural pores and composed of radial calcite, with secondarily bilamellar septa.

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orden individuos ROT Rotaliacea (1) Elphidium 17 4,5 (1) sp.

Foraminiferos bentonicos aglutinados de los depositos turbiditicos. Area Napoles, Sur de San Marcos de Tarrazu, Costa Rica

Figure 2a Order FORAMINIFERIDA Eichwald Suborder ROTALIINA Delage & Herouard Superfamily ROTALIACEA Ehrenberg Family ELPHIDIIDAE Galloway Subfamily ELPHIDIINAE Galloway Genus Elphidium de Montfort Elphidium gunteri Cole

A review of species names for Ammonia and Elphidium, common foraminifera along the Texas Gulf Coast