What does orbitoid mean?
Orbitoid means Any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae..
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Any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae..
The larger orbitoid Foraminifera of the Western Hemisphere are very inadequately known, yet their occurrence in great numbers has been noted in many papers during the last three- quarters of a century.
The orbitoids are larger foraminifera. Their tests are radial hyaline and perforate with a discoidal growth pattern, i.e. the chambers are arranged in rings.
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Orbitoid means Any foraminifer of the family Orbitoididae..
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The larger orbitoid Foraminifera of the Western Hemisphere are very inadequately known, yet their occurrence in great numbers has been noted in many papers during the last three- quarters of a century.
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