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![]() | Oropelex pagoda Friend & Riedel 1967 |
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Current identification:
Original Description
Subcylindrical to conical single lattice shell with hemispherically closed upper end and ribs or bars prolonged to form spines at the lower open end. Some specimens have a latticed wall transversely subdividing the cavity.
Etymology: From the Greek oros = hill; and pelex = helmet.
Friend, J. K. & Riedel, W. R. (1967). Cenozoic orosphaerid radiolarians from tropical Pacific sediments. Micropaleontology. 13(2): 217-232. gsReferences:
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Oropelex compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 28-1-2021
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