Heterohelix

Heterohelix
Temporal range: Santonian - Late Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Heterohelicidae
Subfamily: †Heterohelicinae
Genus: †Heterohelix
Ehrenberg, 1843
Species

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Heterohelix is an extinct genus of foraminifera belonging to the family Heterohelicidae of the superfamily Heterohelicoidea and the suborder Globigerinina.[1] Its type species is Heterohelix americana (formerly Textilaria americana).[2]

Species

Species in Heterohelix include:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Heterohelix, World Foraminifera Database, accessed 27 November 2018
  2. ^ Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des Mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften. p. 141.