verneuilinid

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noun

Any member of the order Verneuilinida of foraminiferans.

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Meanings

nounverneuilinid (plural verneuilinids)

plural verneuilinids

  1. Any member of the order Verneuilinida of foraminiferans.

    At least the study of the ultrastructure of some Cretaceous verneuilinids (Mikhalevich and Peryt 2007) suggests the presence of an initial canaliculate ultrastructure.

    2011, Valeria I. Mikhalevich, “The new genus Olgia and new family Olgiidae (Textulariana, Foraminifera)”, in Micropaleontology, volume 57, number 2, page 174
adjectiveverneuilinid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the order Verneuilinida of foraminiferans.

    These are less separated and less developed than similar structures at the peripheral ends of the chambers in the other textulariid and verneuilinid groups.

    2011, Valeria I. Mikhalevich, “The new genus Olgia and new family Olgiidae (Textulariana, Foraminifera)”, in Micropaleontology, volume 57, number 2, page 175

Origin

  1. taxonomic nameVerneuilinida
  2. taxonomic nameVerneuilinida
  3. Englishverneuilinid

Borrowed from taxonomic name Verneuilinida.

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