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Spirocyclina

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Subphylum
  
Foraminifera

Order
  
Loftusiida

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Retaria

Class
  
Rotaliata

Family
  
Spirocyclinidae

Spirocyclina is a genus of large forams, with a flat test as much as 10mm in diameter. Coiling is planispiral to slightly asymmetric and mostly involute, some becoming uncoiled with a straight final stage. The final whorl, or stage, has about 25 strongly arcuate chambers. Composition is of agglutinated matter, the outer layer of the wall imperforate. Chambers are subdivided into secondary chamberlets by internal structures. The aperture consists of a double row of pores on the apertural face. Anchispirocyclina and Martiguesia are among related genera.

References

Spirocyclina Wikipedia