Gyroidina, the Glossary
Gyroidina is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the family Gavelinellidae of the superfamily Chilostomelloidea and the order Rotaliida.[1]
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5 relations: Chilostomelloidea, Foraminifera, Gavelinellidae, Holocene, Rotaliida.
- Rotaliida genera
Chilostomelloidea
Chilostomelloidea is a superfamily of foraminifera in the order Rotaliida.
See Gyroidina and Chilostomelloidea
Foraminifera
Foraminifera (Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of Rhizarian protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly an external shell (called a "test") of diverse forms and materials.
See Gyroidina and Foraminifera
Gavelinellidae
Gavelinellidae is a family of foraminifera belonging to the superfamily Chilostomelloidea and the order Rotaliida.
See Gyroidina and Gavelinellidae
Holocene
The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.
Rotaliida
The Rotaliida are an order of Foraminifera, characterized by multilocular tests (shells) composed of bilamellar perforate hyaline lamellar calcite that may be optically radial or granular.
See also
Rotaliida genera
- Ammonia (genus)
- Amphistegina
- Astrononion
- Baggina
- Buccella (foraminifera)
- Cassidulina (foraminifera)
- Cibicides
- Cibusoides
- Cuneus (foram)
- Discorbis
- Elphidium
- Fabiania (foram)
- Favocassidulina
- Gansserina
- Globigerina
- Globigerinoides
- Globocassidulina
- Gyroidina
- Neoconorbina
- Pavonina
- Rosalina (foraminifera)
- Rotorboides
- Semirosalina
- Stetsonia (foraminifera)