Cornutella (radiolarian)

Cornutella
Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part III. Plate 54. Phænocalpida, Cyrtocalpida, Anthocyrtida et Sethocyrtida. Fig. 9. Cornutella hexagona, n. sp., × 400
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Retaria
Class: Polycystina
Order: Nassellaria
Family: Theoperidae
Genus: Cornutella
Ehrenberg, 1838[1]
Species
  • Cornutella clathrata Ehrenberg (type)
  • Cornutella hexagona
  • Cornutella profunda Ehrenberg, 1856

Cornutella is a genus of radiolarians in the family Theoperidae. C. clathrata, the type species, was described from the Miocene of Caltanisetta, Sicily.

References

  1. ^ Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838). Über die Bildung der Kreidefelsen und des Kreidemergels durch unsichtbare Organismen. Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Abhandlungen, Jahre 1838, 59-147.
  • Data related to Cornutella (Chromista) at Wikispecies
  • Cornutella at geologie.mnhn.fr