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[[File:Fig 57.jpg|thumb|<font size="2">'''Fig. 1.'''  Glomerulus (coloured) in ''Glomalveolina lepidula'' (Schwager) from Tremp, Northern Spain, Ilerdian. Approximately equatorial section with small, ?microspheric proloculus and axial section with large, ?megalospheric proloculus. Incident light.
'''f:''' [[foramen]]; '''icf:''' intercalary foramen; '''pop:''' postseptal passage; '''prp:''' praeseptal passage; '''s:''' [[septum]]; '''sl''': septulum; '''wsut:''' whorl suture (enlarged by slight deformation); (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 57 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]
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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''GLOMERULUS''' -   a nepiont characterized by streptospiral coiling (prior to fixation of a coiling axis) in fusulinids, alveolinids and many smaller imperforate foraminifera, often exclusively in the [[microspheric]] generation.



==See also==
*[[microspheric]]
==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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