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

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.

External links

Data related to Cornutella (Chromista) at Wikispecies
Cornutella at geologie.mnhn.fr

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[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.