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[[File:Fig 14.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig. 1.'''  Attics and floors in ''Alveolinella borneensis'' Tan Sin Hok, Molukkas, Miocene. Transmitted light micrographs.
'''A:''' Transverse section. Position in respect to B: double arrow A. '''B:''' axial section.
'''at:''' attics; '''cl:''' [[chamberlet]]; '''f1:''' [[foramen]] (basal row): '''f2:''' foramen (second row); '''f3:''' supplementary foramina corresponding to the attics; '''flo:''' floors; '''s:''' [[septum]]; (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 14 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]
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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''ATTICS''' - in porcelaneous shells the outermost lateral or abaxial layer of chamberlets in a multi-layered [[endoskeleton]], distinguished from less lateral or adaxial ones by the comparatively small caliber of the tubiform chamberlets, as in ''Alveolinella''.



==References==
Hottinger (2006), [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research]. [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html Carnets de Géologie], [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Memoir 2], ISSN 1634-0744                                                              
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