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Peneroplis Temporal range: 99.6–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Illustration of Peneroplis planatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Tubothalamea
Order:	Miliolida
Family:	Peneroplidae
Genus:	Peneroplis de Montfort, 1808
Species
Peneroplis arbusculus Peneroplis carinatus Peneroplis ellipticus Peneroplis karreri Peneroplis mauii Peneroplis pertusus Peneroplis planatus Peneroplis polita Peneroplis sollasi
Synonyms
Cristellaria Lamarck, 1816

Peneroplis is an extant genus of benthic Foraminifera in the family Peneroplidae. The genus is also represented in the fossil record.

Peneroplis dwell in upper photic zone. They favour tropical to temperate shallow marine environments, feeding on diatoms

See also

• List of prehistoric foraminifera genera

References

1. Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. P Denys-De-Montfort - 1808
2. Consorti, Lorenzo; Kavazos, Christopher Ronald James; Ford, Cliff; Smith, Margaret; Haig, David W. (2020). "High productivity of Peneroplis (Foraminifera) including aberrant morphotypes, in an inland thalassic salt pond at Lake Macleod, Western Australia". Marine Micropaleontology. 160. Elsevier BV: 101919. doi:10.1016/j.marmicro.2020.101919. ISSN 0377-8398.

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