Difference between revisions of "Carina"
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==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
− | a peripheral thickening of the shell. May be doubled in Cretaceous planktic foraminifera. | + | *''according to Hottinger (2006):'' |
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+ | '''CARINA''' is a peripheral thickening of the shell. May be doubled in Cretaceous planktic foraminifera. | ||
In bilamellar foraminifera formed exclusively by the outer lamella and therefore imperforate. | In bilamellar foraminifera formed exclusively by the outer lamella and therefore imperforate. | ||