Quinqueloculina
Quinqueloculina is a genus of foraminifera in the family Miliolidae.
As with all miliolids the test of Quinqueloculina is composed of imperforate, porcelaneous calcite, often giving them a yellowish tint. As with the Miliolidae, the chambers are arranged in various planes, with two chambers per whorl. In Quinqueloculins the chambers are in planes set 72 degrees apart, but successive chambers are in planes separated by 144 degrees. The name Quinqueloculina comes from quinque, the Latin for five. In Quinqueloculina five chambers are exposed to view on the outside, although the earlier three are sandwiched between the later two, one on one side, two on the other. Chambers are generally long and tubular, normally without integral floors, that function made by the underlying chamber.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Quinqueloculina seminulum
speciesQuinqueloculina seminulum
Quinqueloculina pseudobuchiana
speciesQuinqueloculina pseudobuchiana
Quinqueloculina laevigata
speciesQuinqueloculina laevigata
Quinqueloculina bradyana
speciesQuinqueloculina bradyana
Quinqueloculina disparilis
speciesQuinqueloculina disparilis
Quinqueloculina frigida
speciesQuinqueloculina frigida
Quinqueloculina reticulata
speciesQuinqueloculina reticulata
Quinqueloculina auberiana
speciesQuinqueloculina auberiana
Quinqueloculina akneriana
speciesQuinqueloculina akneriana
Quinqueloculina suborbicularis
speciesQuinqueloculina suborbicularis
Quinqueloculina lata
speciesQuinqueloculina lata
Quinqueloculina latidentella
speciesQuinqueloculina latidentella
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana
speciesQuinqueloculina lamarckiana
Quinqueloculina bicostoides
speciesQuinqueloculina bicostoides
Quinqueloculina angulata
speciesQuinqueloculina angulata
Quinqueloculina stelligera
speciesQuinqueloculina stelligera
Quinqueloculina poeyana
speciesQuinqueloculina poeyana
Quinqueloculina arctica
speciesQuinqueloculina arctica
Quinqueloculina peregrina
speciesQuinqueloculina peregrina
Quinqueloculina angustidentata
speciesQuinqueloculina angustidentata
Quinqueloculina philippinensis
speciesQuinqueloculina philippinensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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