Heterohelix

Heterohelix
Temporal range: Santonian - Late Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Rhizaria
Phylum: 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. Its type species is Heterohelix americana (formerly Textilaria americana).

Species

Species in Heterohelix include:

References

  1. 1 2 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.