Alveolina

Alveolina
Alveolina oblonga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Superphylum:	Retaria
Phylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Tubothalamea
Order:	Miliolida
Family:	Alveolinidae
Genus:	†Alveolina d'Orbigny (1826)
Type species
†Alveolina boscii (Defrance in Bronn, 1825)

Alveolina is an extinct genus of foraminifera^[1][2] with an elliptical or spherical form.

References

1. "World Modern Foraminifera Database".
2. Matsumaru, Kuniteru (1 September 1999). "Multiple fission in Alveolina oblonga d'Orbigny in Turkey". Revue de Micropaléontologie. 42 (3): 245–251. doi:10.1016/S0035-1598(99)90024-7.

Further reading

• Ozgen-Erdem, Nazire; Akyazi, Mehmet; Karabasoglu, Asli (1 March 2007). "Biostratigraphic interpretation and systematics of Alveolina assemblages from the Ilerdian-Cuisian limestones of Southern Eskisehir, Central Turkey". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 29 (5–6): 911–927. Bibcode:2007JAESc..29..911O. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.05.010.
• Zhang, Qinghai; Willems, Helmut; Ding, Lin (July 2013). "Evolution of the Paleocene-Early Eocene larger benthic foraminifera in the Tethyan Himalaya of Tibet, China". International Journal of Earth Sciences. 102 (5): 1427–45. Bibcode:2013IJEaS.102.1427Z. doi:10.1007/s00531-012-0856-2. S2CID 128907034.(registration required)