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Sornayina

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Subphylum
  
Foraminifera

Order
  
Loftusiida

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Retaria

Subclass
  
Textulariia

Family
  
Spirocyclinidae

Sornayina is a genus of benthic forams from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of France included in the Spirocyclinidae. The test is planispirally to slightly asymmetrically coiled, rarely becoming straighter. Microspheric tests reach as much as 3mm in diameter, megalospheric ones are somewhat smaller. Chambers are numerous and are divided into chamberlets by secondary septa.

References

Sornayina Wikipedia