Alveolinella

Alveolinella Temporal range: Miocene - Rec.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Tubothalamea
Order:	Miliolida
Family:	Alveolinidae
Genus:	Alveolinella Douville, 1906

Alveolinella is a genus of larger fusiform porcelaneous alveolinids from the Miocene to Recent with apertures on the septal face in multiple rows and aligned partitions (septula) dividing the primary chambers. Aveolinella is a larger foraminifer from the milioline family Alveolinidae. Like other miliolines, they have imperforate porcelaneous walls.

In the Pacific Ocean Alveolinella is found between water depths of 10 to 80 m, often associated with other miliolids, in carbonate areas of warm tropical seas. Its nearest living relative is the genus Borelis de Montfort.

References

• Alfred R. Loeblich Jr and Helen Tappan, 1964, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2; Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
• Bassi D., Braga J.C., Di Domenico G., Pignatti J., Abramovich S., Hallock P., Könen J., Kovács Z., Langer M.R., Pavia G., Iryu Y. (2021). "Palaeobiogeography and evolutionary patterns of the larger foraminifer Borelis de Montfort (Borelidae)". Papers in Palaeontology. 7: 377–403. doi:10.1002/spp2.1273. hdl: 11392/2454254 . S2CID   210295122.
• Bassi D., Bolivar-Feriche M., Renema W., Braga J.C., Pignatti J., Di Domenico G., Fujita K., Lipps J.H., Reolid J., Iryu Y. (2022). "Larger porcelaneous foraminifera with a common ancestor: the Neogene Indo-Pacific Flosculinella and Alveolinella (Alveolinoidea)". Marine Micropaleontology. 173: 102124. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2022.102124. hdl: 11392/2491297 . S2CID   247983934.
• Bassi D., Iryu Y., Kinoshita S., Fujita K., Pignatti J. (2023). "A new species of the larger porcelaneous foraminifer Borelis provides novel insights into Neogene to Recent western Pacific palaeobiogeographical dispersal patterns". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 628, 111764: 111764. Bibcode:2023PPP...62811764B. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111764 . hdl: 11392/2522252 . S2CID   261037155.