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==Definition==

*''according to Hottinger (2006):''

'''PITS''' (pseudopores; punctuations, pars. auct.) is in porcelaneous foraminifera, and in spirillinid and some unilocular genera: small cavities in the wall opening at the external surface of the shell, that are rounded to oval in section and tubular to conical in shape. They penetrate the shell surface at normal and oblique angles to depths that vary according genus. Sometimes they occur in several tiers and commonly anastomose thus resembling the parapores of agglutinating foraminifera but opening to the exterior. The term "pitted wall" is often used to describe the texture of the test of planktic, non-spinose foraminifera possessing distinct external pore-funnels or "pore-pits".


==See also==
* [[agglutinated]]
* [[parapores]]
* [[porcelaneous test wall]]
* [[pore-funnel]]

  
==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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