''Triloculina'' is a genus of

foraminifera Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granular Ectoplasm (cell biology), ectoplasm for catching food and ot ...

in the order Miliolida, included in the Quinqueloculininae. The test is three, chambers each a half coil in length. Early chambers, at least in the microspheric generation, in

quinqueloculina ''Quinqueloculina'' is a genus of foraminifera in the family Miliolidae. As with all miliolids the test of ''Quinqueloculina'' is composed of imperforate, porcelaneous calcite, often giving them a yellowish tint. As with the Miliolidae, the ...

n arrangement, later becoming triloculine with successive chambers added in planes 120 degrees apart. Only the final three chambers are visible externally. The aperture is terminal, at the end of the final chamber, with a bifid tooth in adult forms. As with the entire order, the test is composed of imperforate, porcelaneous calcite. The Pliocene to Recent '' Cruciloculina'' is very similar, except for having a different aperture, and is a likely derivative.

References

* Joseph A. Cushman, 1950 Foraminifera, their classification and economic use (4th ed) Harvard University Press, Cambridge Mass. *

Alfred R. Loeblich Jr Alfred R. Loeblich Jr (1914–1994) was an American micropaleontologist. He was married to Helen Niña Tappan Loeblich and the two co-authored a number of important works on the Foraminifera and related organisms. Biography Alfred R. Loeblich Jr ...

and HelenTappan, 1964. Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida; Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press. Tubothalamea Foraminifera genera Fossil taxa described in 1826 Extant Jurassic first appearances {{foram-stub