Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A group of Foraminifera in which the test is not secreted by the organism, but is constructed by it from particles of sand, shell, sponge-spicules, and other adventitious bodies picked up by it and cemented together by a modification of the sarcode. The name does not indicate a true zoölogical group.

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Examples

  • Other than No. 31116, _S.p. arenacea_ has only been recorded from Sabinas in March, when three specimens were obtained (Miller,

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

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