Heterohelix is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
foraminifera
Foraminifera ( ; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are unicellular organism, single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class (biology), class of Rhizarian protists characterized by streaming granular Ectoplasm (cell bio ...
belonging to the family
Heterohelicidae of the superfamily
Heterohelicoidea and the suborder
Globigerinina
The Globigerinina is a suborder of foraminiferans that are found as marine plankton. They produce hyaline calcareous Test (biology), tests, and are known as fossils from the Jurassic period onwards. The group has included more than 100 genera a ...
.
[Heterohelix](_blank)
World Foraminifera Database, accessed 27 November 2018 Its type species is ''
Heterohelix americana'' (formerly ''Textilaria americana'').
Species
Species in ''Heterohelix'' include:
* ''
Heterohelix americana''
* ''
Heterohelix budugensis''
* ''
Heterohelix buliminiformis''
* ''
Heterohelix bulloides''
* ''
Heterohelix calabarflanki''
* ''
Heterohelix carinata''
* ''
Heterohelix concinna''
* ''
Heterohelix cornuta''
* ''
Heterohelix digitata''
* ''
Heterohelix elongata''
* ''
Heterohelix gradata''
* ''
Heterohelix hohenemsensis''
* ''
Heterohelix ilkhidagensis''
* ''
Heterohelix irregularis''
* ''
Heterohelix labellosa''
* ''
Heterohelix oculis''
* ''
Heterohelix perquadrata''
* ''
Heterohelix praeelongata''
* ''
Heterohelix praegradata''
* ''
Heterohelix praeirregularis''
* ''
Heterohelix pseudocarseyae''
* ''
Heterohelix pseudoreussi''
* ''
Heterohelix robusta''
* ''
Heterohelix sphenoides''
* ''
Heterohelix stenopos''
* ''
Heterohelix suwalkensis''
* ''
Heterohelix trochospiralis''
* ''
Heterohelix varsoviensis''
* ''
Heterohelix vistulaensis
Heterohelix is an extinct genus of foraminifera belonging to the family Heterohelicidae of the superfamily Heterohelicoidea and the suborder Globigerinina. ''
*subgenus ''
Heterohelix (Heterohelix)
Heterohelix is an extinct genus of foraminifera belonging to the family Heterohelicidae of the superfamily Heterohelicoidea and the suborder Globigerinina. ''
** ''
Heterohelix (Heterohelix) planeobtusa''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9003356
Foraminifera genera
Globigerinina