Kalosha (foram)
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Kalosha is a genus of foraminifera included in the miliolid family Spiroloculinidae. Its test is small, ovate in outline, only up to 0.2 mm in the greatest dimension; begins with an oval proloculus followed by planispirally coiled elongate tubular chambers one-half coil in length, forming three to five whorls. The wall is calcareous, hyaline (glassy), and imperforate. The aperture is a narrow slit at the end of the final chamber.
Quick Facts Kalosha Temporal range: Early Pliocene, Scientific classification ...
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Family: | Spiroloculinidae |
Genus: | Kalosha Boltovskoy, 1978 |
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Kalosha was named by Boltovskoy, the type species is Kalosha oceanica Boltovskoy, 1978. It has been found in Lower Pliocene sediments from the South Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.