Reissella

Reissella
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Rhizaria
Phylum: Foraminifera
Class: Globothalamea
Order: Loftusiida
Family: †Spirocyclinidae
Genus: †Reissella
Hamaoui, 1963
Species:
†R. ramonensis
Binomial name
†Reissella ramonensis
Hamaoui, 1963

Reissella is a monotypic genus of benthic forams with a test of microgranular calcite from the upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Israel. The test starts off planispirally enrolled and involute but later may tend to uncoil and flare with as many as ten chambers in the final whorl. The interior as with other spirocyclinids is complex. Other Late Cretaceous spirocyclinids include Qataria and Sornayina.

References

  1. 1 2 Hamaoui, M. (1963). Reissella ramonensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Foraminifera) from the Cenomanian of Israel. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences 12(2): 58–64. page(s): p. 58
  2. ↑ "FORAMINIFERIDA". Geological Survey of Iran. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2023.