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
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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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