Iridia

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Short description: Genus of foraminifera

Iridia
Iridia diaphana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Retaria
Subphylum: Foraminifera
Class: Monothalamea
Order: Astrorhizida
Suborder: Saccamminina
Superfamily: Saccamminoidea
Family: Saccamminidae
Subfamily: Tholosininae
Genus: Iridia
Heron-Allen & Earland (1914)
Type species
Iridia diaphana
Heron-Allen & Earland (1914)
Species
  • I. convexa
  • I. diaphana
  • I. lucida
  • I. serialis

Iridia is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the subfamily Tholosininae.[1] It contains four species.[2] The first species, I. diaphana, was discovered in the Querimba archipelago by scientists Edward Heron-Allen and Arthur Earland, who first described the genus in 1914.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q22984199 entry




Categories: [Foraminifera genera]


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