| Heterolepa Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Globothalamea |
| Order: | Rotaliida |
| Family: | Cibicididae |
| Genus: | Heterolepa Franzenau, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Heterolepa simplex Franzenau, 1884
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Heterolepa is a genus of benthonic foraminifera[1] closely related to the genera Cibicides and Cibicidoides.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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) - ^ Benthonic foraminifera of the Pacific Ocean. CM Saidova, 1975
- ^ 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.