Cornutella (radiolarian)

Cornutella
Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part III. Plate 54. Phænocalpida, Cyrtocalpida, Anthocyrtida et Sethocyrtida. Fig. 9. Cornutella hexagona, n. sp., × 400
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
SAR
(unranked):
Rhizaria
Phylum:
Retaria
Subphylum:
Radiolaria
Class:
Polycystina
Order:
Nassellaria
Family:
Theoperidae
Genus:
Cornutella

Ehrenberg, 1838[1]
Species
  • †Cornutella clathrata Ehrenberg (type)
  • Cornutella hexagona
  • Cornutella profunda Ehrenberg, 1856

Cornutella is a genus of radiolarians in the family Theoperidae. C. clathrata, the type species, was described from the Miocene of Caltanisetta, Sicily.

References

  1. ↑ Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Abhandlungen, Jahre 1838, 59-147.


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