Heterolepa

Heterolepa
Temporal range: Maastrichtian-Holocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Rhizaria
Phylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Rotaliida
Family: Cibicididae
Genus: Heterolepa
Franzenau, 1884
Type species
Heterolepa simplex
Franzenau, 1884
Synonyms
  • Cibusoides Saidova, 1975
  • Pseudotruncatulina Andreae, 1884
  • Crawfordoides McCulloch, 1981

Heterolepa is a genus of benthonic foraminifera closely related to the genera Cibicides and Cibicidoides.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Loeblich, Alfred R., Jr.; Tappan, Helen (1987). Foraminiferal genera and their classification. New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-5760-3. ISBN 978-1-4899-5760-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Benthonic foraminifera of the Pacific Ocean. CM Saidova, 1975
  3. ↑ Holzmann, Maria; Pawlowski, Jan (2017). "An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny". Marine Micropaleontology. 132: 18–34. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2017.04.002.