Rotalia

noun

Ro·​ta·​lia

rōˈtālēə

: a genus of foraminiferans having a finely perforated test with the segments in a turbinoid spiral and with septa composed of two lamellae between which are anastomosing canals

rotalian

-lēən

adjective or noun

rotaliform

-ləˌfȯrm

adjective

or rotaliiform

-lēəˌfȯrm

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin rotalis + New Latin -ia

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