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Hirsutospirellidae

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Subphylum
  
Foraminifera

Order
  
Involutinida

Phylum
  
Retaria

Class
  
Spirillinata

Rank
  
Family

The Hirsutospirellidae, established for the Upper Triassic genus Hirsutospirella, are 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.

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Hirsutospirellidae Wikipedia