What does piretelline mean?

piretelline

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A foraminifer of the family Pirellinae.

"[…] but the height ( tr.) and the strong convexity of the dolon in separate valves of the other piretelline genera suggest that they may be similar in this respect."
"Schallreuter provisionally placed Duringia in the Piretellinae (Eurychilinidae) because the dolon of D. spinsa is similar but it also has dolonal spines not normally present in piretellines."
"However, the dolonal spines of D. spinosa and D. mackenziensis are not found in piretellines."

piretellines (plural)

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