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The Robertinida are an order of Middle Triassic to recent, benthic
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 ...
in which tests are planispirally to trochospirally coiled, with chambers provided with an internal partition and hyaline perforated walls composed of optically radiated
aragonite Aragonite is a carbonate mineral and one of the three most common naturally occurring crystal forms of calcium carbonate (), the others being calcite and vaterite. It is formed by biological and physical processes, including precipitation fr ...
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References

* Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan,1988. Forminiferal Genera and their Classification
Foraminifera-GSI
* Barun K. Sen Gupta 2002. Systematics of modern foraminifera

Foraminifera orders Globothalamea {{foram-stub