Peneroplis
| Peneroplis Temporal range:
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| Illustration of Peneroplis planatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Tubothalamea |
| Order: | Miliolida |
| Family: | Peneroplidae |
| Genus: | Peneroplis de Montfort, 1808[1] |
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Peneroplis arbusculus | |
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Cristellaria Lamarck, 1816 | |
Peneroplis is an extant genus of benthic Foraminifera in the family Peneroplidae. The genus is also represented in the fossil record.
Peneroplis dwell in upper photic zone. They favour tropical to temperate shallow marine environments, feeding on diatoms[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. P Denys-De-Montfort - 1808
- ^ Consorti, Lorenzo; Kavazos, Christopher Ronald James; Ford, Cliff; Smith, Margaret; Haig, David W. (2020). "High productivity of Peneroplis (Foraminifera) including aberrant morphotypes, in an inland thalassic salt pond at Lake Macleod, Western Australia". Marine Micropaleontology. 160. Elsevier BV: 101919. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2020.101919. ISSN 0377-8398.
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